Re: Server doesn't see share on remote machine connected via VPN

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"larsdennert@xxxxxxxxx" <larsdennert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:1148318519.205894.131090@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Windows firewall is pretty worthless except for the most basic user.
Programs can add themselves to the exception list. Even if Windows
networking is on the exception list, routed ip addresses still get
blocked if the remote machine is on a different sub net. Meaning vpn
networking traffic always gets blocked by it.

Well, I'd say Windows Firewall is better than no firewall at all, but
for a VPN connection, there's really no justification for having it
activated that I can think of.

Since the networking activates Windows Firewall per connection, it's
possible to use it on your base Internet connection while *not* using
within the VPN tunnel. That's certainly the way I'd set it up.

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