Samba Over Internet

[marquischan]

I have a samba server, I put all my files inside it,
when i go out , i found that it is troublesome to use SFTP to access it.

If I open the samba's port to let me access it,,, i feel that the security is not high enough.

Do you have any convenient and secure solution for me?

Thanks

[nomorecoolnames]

Hi marquischan. SFTP is IMHO the easiest and safest way to transfer files to and from my computer. You could set up a vpn to connect to your system but that would involve a lot more configuration than using sftp.

[nomorecoolnames]

Oh yeah....don't forward port 139 to the rest of the world. That would be a big mistake.

[marquischan]

i don't care how much work have to be done
that means If i make a VPN server, i can do this also? no need to config other module?
how about the performance on transferring LARGE files?
Can I have a guage to show the status of the transfer of files?

[b-_-d]

use apache to get the files from outsite like this

[apache]
comment = Apache2 web server
path = /var/www/localhost/htdocs
public = no
writable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = no
valid users = @apache

[marquischan]

i don't understand ?? ... ... use Apache?

[nomorecoolnames]

Apache is an alternative method. You should use whichever method you feel most comfortable with.

[HomerSimpson]

Check out Hamachi

http://www.hamachi.cc/
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