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computer outside domain can access resource to inside



syamsu.alam (at) showa.co.id schrieb:

> But, I have one problem. There is one user, bring the private notebook. He create ip
> address (same with his office-computer), local account and password (same with his
> account in PDC) in his notebook.Then he un-plug LAN cable from his office-computer and
> plug-in to his private-notebook. And he can access share-file in other computer.
> 

A user who has physical access to the network will be able to do all kinds of things.
(Samba's behaviour in this case is Windows-NT compatible.)

As for technical means to prevent this kind of thing: Some switches can be configured to
shut down a port if they see an unknown MAC-address. (Cisco's name for this is "port
security". Of course there are ways to circumvent this :-/ ).

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