On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, kevin wrote:
> Just a quick question. What's the best way to support file
> sharing over the internet?
>
> I know all about the security nightmares of NFS/SMB/NCP so
> it looks like I'm stuck with ftp. My problem is that my lusers
> have enough problems remembering to insert a floppy before
> using A:, ftp is just a bit too hard for them.
>
> Any (sensible) suggestions gratefully received.
I don't think it gets any more secure than scp and/or rsync over ssh. If
these are feasible, I strongly recommend them.
HTTP is deisgned to be a two way file transfer protocol. By itself it is
more secure than FTP. Combined with TLS, HTTPS is quite secure. mod_put
and mod_dav are both easy ways to enable file sharing over HTTP or HTTPS
with Apache.
Samba also supports SMB over SSL. SMB isn't an inherently weak protocol
(and I would consider both NFS v1 and 2 and FTP as weak). Problem is that
most people who use it use an inherently weak OS. <grin>
thornton
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