[Gllug] Fileserver over WAN

[Richard Cottrill]

I wouldn't recommend nfs; the authentication/permissions system is pretty
ropey. Do you wan to be able to browse the file? Will your clients be Linux
too?

I think you should definitely limit the IP addresses that have access (if
it's practical). If you don't want to browse the files then I'd recommend
scp and ssh (encrypted, authenticated, etc). For extra paranoia you could
move it to a non-standard port and set up key stores on each machine, etc. I
suppose some bright spark has probably written a GUI front-end to it, but
I'm not aware of one.

Richard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk]On Behalf
> Of John Southern
> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 12:25 PM
> To: GLLUG
> Subject: [Gllug] Fileserver over WAN
>
>
> I want to setup a fileserver at home and access it from anywhere via
> Web.
> Are there any easy packages I should use.
> Should I be using encryption when transferring files (nothing
> sensitive).
> Am I better limiting a range of IP addresses that have access?
> Am I better setting it up as a nfs share then mounting it whereever I
> am?
>
> John
>
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