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List:       ms-cifs
Subject:    Re: new CIFS I-D (or give me 139!)
From:       "Russ, Craig F" <Craig.Russ () UNISYS ! COM>
Date:       1998-01-14 16:03:58
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Sorry, I didn't mean I didn't understand Andrew's opinion.  I understand
it fully, and I tend to agree with it.  I haven't commented on it
because it's in an area he knows much better than I.

All I was trying to convey was that I was enjoying the lively way he has
of expressing his opinion.

> ----------
> From:         Edan Idzerda[SMTP:edan@MTU.EDU]
> Sent:         Tuesday, January 13, 1998 11:39 PM
> To:   CIFS@DISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM
> Subject:      Re: new CIFS I-D (or give me 139!)
>
> On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Russ, Craig F wrote:
>
> > p.s. It's nice to see this list liven up.  Too bad it's so hard to
> > figure out Andrew's opinion!  (Wish I knew how to make that little
> > smiley thing.)  Hi Andrew!
>
> Funny--his opinion makes perfect sense to me, but I've been living
> in a Unix server world for more than a few years now.
>
> When my users connect to *my* servers, they can trust that they
> are talking to a server process that was started by *me*.  Nevermind
> the onslaught of ethernet to the campus dormitories and 15 year
> olds with Linux.  If someone starts up Samba on one of my Solaris
> boxes, they had root.  They were someone I trusted or I have a big
> nasty OTHER problem.
>
> I admit that part of it is the paradigm from which I live in--ports
> over 1024 are for student-run web servers--but I do enjoy the fact
> that I don't have to worry about general users starting Samba
> processes on a port that would confuse other general users.
>
> Is this an iron-clad reason to use a low port number?  No.  But
> Andrew Tridgell is not the only person who would prefer it!
> Call me crazy.
>
> - edan "give me 139 or give me death!"
>
>
> --
> Edan Idzerda    <edan@mtu.edu>
> System Administrator --  Michigan Technological University, Houghton
> MI USA
>
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