I really don't know what to recommend for you. Both NFS and SAMBA are
known to have serious security vulnerabilities infact if you look in
almost all firewalls there are specific port blocks for NFS and Samba but
I think if you have a static IP at home then you will be able to do it
securely by only allowing access to your IP.
On Tue, 18 Jul 2000,
Ed.Q.Bridges
wrote:
> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 11:44:51 -0400
> From: Ed.Q.Bridges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: should i use NFS?
>
>
> i would like to be able to export a directory on
> my workstation at work, so that i can mount it
> from my workstation at home (thus enabling me to
> have the same environment at home & at work, without
> having to copy files).
>
> in considering NFS to do this, i'm wary of connection
> speed (i have a 1mbs dsl line connection on each
> machine) and network lag time making it unfeasible,
> and security (i've never used NFS outside of a local
> area network situation, or where i was within a firewall).
>
> are there other, workable alternatives that i can
> consider? would samba be an option? network lag time
> and connection speed notwithstanding, is there a
> perforamnce hit with nfs in such a scenario?
>
> i'm using kernel 2.2.16 and redhat 6.2 on both machines.
>
> thanks in advance
> --e--
>
> p.s. i'm open to other suggestions as well.
>
Noah
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