LAN browsing: "The file or directory smb://192.168.0.55/ does not exist."

[Carsten Neumann]

On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, JW wrote:
> On Monday 22 July 2002 09:26 am, Carsten Neumann wrote:
> > On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Terry Carlton wrote:
> > > Don't you also have to include the name of the shared folder in that?
> > > <ie> 192.168.0.55/users/tim/shared
> > > BTW.   .  .not a good idea to show people any of your IP address's
> >
> > Why not?
> >
> > That's a private address!
> > You're not very familiar with IP address assignment, Terry, are you? ;-)
> 
> You're not very familiar with security, Carsten, are you? ;-)
> See your nearest bookstore.
> 
> Honestly people. At the very least, if you DON'T show your IP no one can use it to crack your internal LAN.
> Just use xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Because if you do show it, it can potentially be used. 
> Yes, this is a very very small thing in the realm of security. That doesn't mean you should wave it away, Podsnap :-)
> BTW, the very fact that it is supposed to  be his 'private' IP is all the more reason not to show it.
> 
> 
> May I see your iptables rules, complete with IPs please ;-)
> 
> 	JW

JW,

as I told: read RFC1597 (and related stuff)!
Private addresses aren't routed at all (in the public internet).
And if you don't want to show your IP addresses, you must not use any IP services!
Every mail shows your IP address in the header.

If you don't have the slightest notion about the internet protocol, please shut up.
(As I can see you cannot even distinguish between IP and IP addresses!)

Thank you

	Carsten
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