I know about ftp, I was going to use it over stunnel which is
available for WinShite.
I was hoping to be able to use files direct from the server.
I know we'll have problems if people start taking copies and
forgetting to return them. It's happened before.
Thanks anyway.
Kevin
===== Original Message from "Michael H. Warfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
at 15/02/01 05:26
>On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 03:00:20PM +0000, kevin wrote:
>> Just a quick question. What's the best way to support file
>> sharing over the internet?
>
>> I know all about the security nightmares of NFS/SMB/NCP so
>> it looks like I'm stuck with ftp. My problem is that my lusers
>> have enough problems remembering to insert a floppy before
>> using A:, ftp is just a bit too hard for them.
>
> No... Authenticated ftp sucks, big time. You're passing user-ids
>and passwords over a session which can be hijacked.
>
>> Any (sensible) suggestions gratefully received.
>
> Look into scp for straight forward copying of files.
>
> For some fancier stuff, take a look at rsync. You can use
>rsync with ssh with the command "rsync -e ssh" and use it as a replacement
>for rcp/scp and have an amazing performance boost to boot.
>
> To and from Windows, may be a problem... Technology can not
>be expected to be a replacement for a clue.
>
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