Re: Sharing files on a local network
Raf Czlonka <rjc@linuxstuff.pl> wrote:
>On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 01:52:14PM BST, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> I don't understand why a few people have passed over ssh as being
>> overkill.
>
>SSH (Secure Shell) - you don't need security on home-only network.
That at least explains the millions of bots out there. Of course you
need security on a home-only network, even if it is not accessible
from the internet. And given that at least the Debian box appears to
have direct internet access, you should definitely care about
security, especially since IPv6 is not years away anymore.
>> Its easiest of all to setup. (well excepting the nautilus suggestion)
>
>IMHO, it's not - dozens of options for both the server and client.
>You simply mount the NFS share and it's transparent to the system.
Of course, and you don’t have to set up that NFS share at all, it
simply appears? Please, be realistic. SSHFS is as simple as:
client:# apt-get install sshfs
server:# apt-get install sshd
client:# sshfs user@server:/dir /mountpoint
SSHFS also doesn’t have problems if the connection suddenly drops and
its default settings are secure. At the same time, you authorise both
the server and the user on the client, something that you might want
to do, especially if you are using encrypted hard drives.
>> I mean with fuse and sshfs, then it acts much the same as nfs far as
>> enduser experience.
>
>FUSE as it name suggests is in user-space, NFS is supported in the
>kernel. You don't have the overhead.
I don’t think this overhead is even noticeable on a reasonably modern
system.
Best regards,
Claudius
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