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Cover Story: Simplify Programmatic File Access

Access files in different locations using the same code, whether the files reside on a file server, a Web server, or an FTP server. by John Cronan

Technology Toolbox: Visual Basic, C#, P/Invoke & Intertop, Win32 SDK

Network architectures often present a moving target to developers. New zones are created, firewalls inserted, and domain relationships revised, usually as a result of management policy decisions regarding risk and related benefit. One of the policy changes that cause developers headaches relates to NetBIOS file access. NetBIOS is a notorious security problem, so a lot of organizations are allowing it only in the most secure network zones. Unfortunately, production applications with dependencies on NetBIOS often restrict their options. If you take away NetBIOS you have to change those applications, and that's expensive. Because of that cost, managers can't always choose the best option in terms of application functionality and security....

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