be overkill for sharing a bunch of files and even harder to manage
and setup. OTOH, SSH is just a matter of installing the corresponding
package and that's all.
SSH will not only help you to securely transmit the files between the
two computers but will also help you to debug problems if for whatever
reason the X server crashes. In brief, having a SSH access is not only a
great advantadge but a must :-)
Agreed, but there are quite a few config options in sshd file that need to be changed like turning off passwords, no root logon, port #, once I forgot to change it from 22 and in few hours I had quite a few attempts. I guess I can bind it to just the LAN interface that way I don't have to worry about the nasties on the net.