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  3. May 2003

RE: Mapping Network Drive over TCP/IP outside of firewall...Whatports are needed?

> I am trying to map a network drive from outside my companies firewall
> (working from home).
>
> Does anyone know what ports are used so that they can be opened on the
> firewall.


Bad idea.  This has been discussed here many times.  It's terribly insecure
and should not be done.

When I use ssh and port forward over a secure connection, I forward port 139
for file sharing.

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