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Subject: Re: SLIP, firewalls, Netware 4.1
From: mgc1 @ iaccess . com . au (Mark Christian)
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 13:06:02
To: firewalls @ GreatCircle . com
Cc: mgc1 @ iaccess . com . au

>As an alternative to patrick @
 calon .
 com, couldn't you also use such a
>SLIP/PPP setup to talk to NETWARE 4.1's NETWARE/IP module?  I'm
>just guessing, and this is something I can't wring out of any knowledgeable
>Novell type, but I would hope you could use a PPP dial-up to access
>NETWARE/IP while maintaining some firewallishness.  I would appreciate
>anyone elses musings on the subject.

You can do that - however,  NetWare/IP runs over UDP and also provides on the 
user's PC a full TCP/IP stack with Winsock interface. Unless you're protecting 
the PPP dial-up with more than password security you're asking for trouble.


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+    Mark Christian,   ICI Australia        mgc1 @
 iaccess .
 com .
 au
+
+    These views are entirely my own and not necessarily those of my
+    employer.
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