[Gllug] Fileserver over WAN

[Jonathan Dye]

> From: Richard Cottrill [mailto:richard_c at tpg.com.au]
> Subject: RE: [Gllug] Fileserver over WAN
> 
> 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?

Could you set up a VPN to the server from the clients and then you could use
NFS or whatever you wanted but just remember to only allow it over IPSec.

JD

> 
> 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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