Re: Opening ports for remote access

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From: Phillip Windell (_at_.)
Date: 03/03/05 

Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:40:33 -0600

How are you "opening" the ports? Opening a port and publishing a port are
two different things. "Opening" is just simply "allowing",...but publishing
cause the DSL Device to take traffic that hits it on a particular IP#/Port#
and relays it to an IP#/Port# on another machine,...this is a long way from
simply "opening a port". This is also commonly called "Static NAT" or
"Reverse NAT". So we need to know what you really did so we don't just go
in circles. 

-- 
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com
"GoneFish'n" <GoneFishn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2F9DC2E0-FBB2-4A72-A1FF-7583E49CF702@microsoft.com...
> I'm setting up a Small Business Server Standard and want to host some
> FileMaker Databases for remote access.  FileMaker uses Ports 5003, 50003
and
> 50006 for remote users with FileMaker Pro.  I opened those ports through
my
> DSL router (BritePort 8120) but still am not able to see the databases.
I've
> checked with both the ISP and FileMaker and they feel everything is O.K.
with
> the configuration.  I am able to connect to the Server's web site and
> workspace, so I know it is there.
>
> Currently I have a single NIC on the system so I'm not able to use IIS as
> the firewall (no ISA on Standard Edition).  Would it be better to add a
> second NIC and bypass the router to use IIS?  Will IIS give me the what I
> need for this configuration?  I thought I read somewhere that SBS (Windows
> Server 2003?) doesn't support PCI network cards because for security
issues.
> Is this true?  I couldn't find much using the HCL.
>
> Also I'd welcome your input on the general security of opening the ports I
> mentioned.

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