Then only problem with a VPN, is I *think* it requires client side software.
Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Broadley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 6:01 AM Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Secure file serving? > I'd recommend AFS. Fairly secure, handles WAN type usage better then > samba or nfs. There are clients windows, linux, and many other OS's. > > Check out openafs.org. > > If not it sounds like you want your a generic VPN, you can tunnel over > SSH, or pick one of the other free VPN setups. > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 07:53:38PM -0600, Jay Strauss wrote: > > I'm re-asking this question, I'm hoping the lack of response was due to the > > DNS problems rather than no one wanting to respond to me > > --- > > > > I gotta question. I want to have a secure file server. > > > > I set up a samba server at work. I can see the samba server from my win2k > > box when I'm on my work network. According to various docs I've read, I > > should be able to SSH to my work server from home, do a little ssh tunneling > > magic and be able to see the samba server from home (across the internet). > > Unfortunately, I've had no joy, and from what I've read the performance > > would be disappointing too (this food sucks, and the portions are small > > too). > > > > I'd like to have a file server that I can get to from home, work, or when at > > a client's site. I'd like it to be something like SMB so that it will work > > well with all my M$ apps and provide file locking and such so that me and my > > work mates don't overwrite each other (as opposed to having a sftp client > > (gui or not)). > > > > What are my options? > > > > What I think would be really neat (i don't think it exists), is a https web > > page I could go to, authenticate, and magically I could then see some > > common/shared file systems, and be able to use if from my normal directory > > structure (ie. thru windows explorer or from unix "ls"), so that I could > > still use it while on a security conscience client site. > > > > Ps, the exact reason I couldn't use the samba server thru ssh was, that even > > though I followed the directions verbatim (that is sticking an entry in my > > LMHOSTS file and setting up the tunnel), windows could find the samba server > > > > Thanks > > Jay > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > -- > Bill Broadley > Mathematics > UC Davis > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech