Re: Secured Linux box for Windows access

[Patrick Benson <benson () chello se>]

Matthew White wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Having been a Windows administrator for many years I've finally taken
> the plunge and started in earnest to learn about Linux. So far I'm
> enjoying it as I've gotten all of the crucially important services to my
> test box - games, office apps and Wine. Seriously however I'm really
> curious about how to set up a remote data service for my Windows
> clients.
>
> Ideally, if I could have my Windows clients to be able to map a drive or
> use a UNC share to the Linux box that would be perfect - this way I'd
> not have to greatly retrain them.
>
> The difficult parts are that I'll need the server to accessible over the
> Internet, for it to be Open Source or low cost and to be able to
> administer the box remotely also.

Hi Matthew,

If you're looking for a simple yet secure solution, for both your users
and yourself, you may want to look into:

OpenSSH - http://www.openssh.com/  and
WinSCP  - http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/about.php#remotehost

WinSCP uses PuTTY - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
in which Windows users can copy, move files securely using the ssh1,
ssh2 protocols. The GUI is a familiar Norton Commander- and
Explorer-like interface which your users will find quite comfortable to
use. Each user can issue their own keypair and send you their public
key, which you administer with permissions to your liking on the server.
The only port you need for all of this is tcp 22...

Regards,

Patrick

-- 
Patrick Benson
Stockholm, Sweden

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