[32337] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Operational impact of filtering SMB/NETBIOS traffic?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Mercer)
Sun Nov 19 14:14:06 2000
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 14:11:53 -0500
From: Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org>
To: Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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In-Reply-To: <47FE39302BF73B4C93BC84B87341282C1F07@condor.lvrmr.mhsc.com>; from rmeyer@mhsc.com on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 10:56:03AM -0800
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On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 10:56:03AM -0800, Roeland Meyer wrote:
> > i'm not sure how port 22 effects IPsec.
>
> Kills it dead, just like SSH.
as i understand it, ipsec doesn't use ports.
> > it seems that you are arguing that filtering SMB will
> > inadvertantly effect a bunch of boneheads that don't
> > know what they are doing beyond point and click.
>
> Say that to a dot-com VP and manage to keep your business relationship
> (paycheck). If you can do that, I want you on my sales force.
i'm quite happy to blow off business's that have bonehead management.
saves me a lot of grief in the long run.
i'm quite happy to continue to work with those that have a clue, or are
at least willing to listen to someone who has one.
> They may be boneheads, but who has the money?
there is more to life than money.
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