🚀 go-pugleaf

Yes, It is possible to use TOPS through kinetics boxes.  We do it all
the time.  You can run any style of gateway and get things to work.

As to protection, that is another story.  The version of TOPS that we
have doesn't yet support Zones properly.  So your file servers would
be protected in a sense if the different networks had different Zone
names.  This would not protect your laserwriters since the chooser and
the laserwriter drivers are smart about zones.

The latest version of the KIP gateway (you can pick it up at
sumex:<info-mac>at-kip.shar) has some hacks to hide laserwriters based
on Zone name.  I know that Bill Croft is looking at some general way
to hide anything requested from other zones which would effectively
protect your resources.

As far as using AppleShare -vs- TOPS I would suggest (if you have the
resources) to use appleshare.  It is much nicer for general users and
admins that TOPS.  A number of problems should as the desktop being
shared by multiple people has been addressed.  TOPS is great when you
have a small number of machines in a trusting environment, AppleShare
is much better on the larger scale where you want some security and
central admin.


Cheers,
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