[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Sharing files on a local network



On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 03:15:09PM BST, Camaleón wrote:
> SSH is still the winner, IMO: Solaris and linux include ssh client 
> facilities and windows has WinSCP or FileZilla that allow SFTP 
> connections.

Too many 3rd party software programs required, most of them don't
integrate with the rest of the system nicely or at all, e.g. explorer,
cmd.exe.

> If you finally go for the samba alternative (which is a complete 
> headache), just ensure to put a good (and monitored) firewall between the 
> host -that runs samba- and the Internet...

That's where SSL or SSH tunnels come in handy ;^)

Regards,
-- 
Raf


Reply to: