--- Jason DeWitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well, that is kind of hard to answer. Our main > production server is > windows2000, and I have a small linux box running > apache for my wife's > website and I mess around on it too. If I am at > work, I am accessing > them from a Win2k workstation. If I'm at home, it > will be either a Win2k > box or Linux, depending on if I rebooted or not. =)
Ai-yi-yi. > I know I could do either NFS or Samba, but aren't > there considerable > security risks? Especially doing NFS over the > internet? I know windows > file sharing is full of holes, since Samba is > emulating that, does it > have the same shortcomings? Sure, the same risks exist. But I was assuming a LAN. If your connections are both LAN and Internet, then you really should install OpenSSH 3.4 on your boxen and just do 'scp file [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ftp/dir/blah/blah/'. You can compile OpenSSH under cygwin or I _think_ ssh.com has an sshd for Windoze boxes. You should not use valuable passwords over FTP over the Internet, for all the reasons stated before. You can configure ssh/scp to use locally stored keys and therefore not need passwords, which is really more secure than passwords, when you think about it. John Hebert > ha! It's amazing what you can find when you know the > right words to > search for in google! Have a look at this, > http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/cnetips2.html > > John Hebert wrote: > > What operating systems are you using on the client > and > > server, Jason? You can use NFS to mount remote > > filesystems between UNIX boxen, and if your client > is > > a Windoze box and the server is a UNIX box, you > can > > use SAMBA to make the UNIX box look like a Windoze > > box. > > > > But if mounting an FTP dir is what you want, I > believe > > it is doable, as I've heard of others in the past > > doing it. I just don't know how. :P > > > > Good luck! > > John Hebert > > > > --- Doug Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Jason: > >> A couple of things... > >> If the server is on your lan, then you > probably > >>do not have to > >>use FTP to get to that directory. The FTP > directory > >>is just another > >>directory on the sever. The server connects FTP > >>requests to that > >>directory as a an FTP share by default. If you > can > >>browse the > >>server, you can probably mount that directory > >>without FTP. (It helps > >>to be admin to do that... ;->) > >> A switched network is still venerable to > >>sniffing, the nature of > >>the switches or hubs doesn't stop a sniffer. > >>However, if your LAN is > >>locallized, and does not connect remote sites, > then > >>sniffing is less > >>likely. > >> For what you are doing, I would suggest > trying > >>to get the rights > >>to access the sever without FTP. Barring that, > you > >>might look into > >>tcl, or Midnight Commander. If they won't let you > >>connect to the FTP > >>share without FTP, they probably will not be happy > >>with tcl though > >>either. > >> > >>Doug Riddle > >> > >>--- Jason DeWitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>>Yeah, I'm looking for the convience. Plus, I'm on > >> > >>the same LAN as > >> > >>>where > >>>I am transferring these files. It is a switched > >> > >>network, as I > >> > >>>understand > >>>it you shouldn't be able to sniff that out. > >>> > >>>I've done some research, it seems that vfs is > what > >> > >>allows you to > >> > >>>mount > >>>diffrent filesystems to the one you are running. > >> > >>ie: fat32, ntfs, > >> > >>>the > >>>bsd filesystem(can't remember name). Some of what > >> > >>I read, and what > >> > >>>I was > >>>told before, makes me believe I should be able to > >> > >>mount an ftp > >> > >>>directory > >>>as a dir on my local file system, then just save > >> > >>the files directly > >> > >>>to > >>>it. Any ideas? > >>> > >>>Doug Riddle wrote: > >>> > >>>>I agree -- FTP, Telenet not to mention gopher > >>> > >>and a few others > >> > >>>are > >>> > >>>>going away just bcause of those issues. I don't > >>> > >>use emacs and > >> > >>>what I > >>> > >>>>know about it would fit on the head of a pin. I > >>> > >>tend to just > >> > >>>stick > >>> > >>>>with ssh2 at the bash prompt for anything > >>> > >>sensitive. If I can't > >> > >>>do > >>> > >>>>it from the shell, I am likely to use webmin. I > >>> > >>don't do that > >> > >>>much > >>> > >>>>remote file editing though. Being lazy and > >>> > >>paranoid, I do my > >> > >>>editing > >>> > >>>>locally, mash it into a tar ball and use scp to > >>> > >>put it where it > >> > >>>goes. > >>> > >>>> Then I can use ssh2 to unzip it and I'm done. > >>> > >>Although, usually > >> > >>>I'm > >>> > >>>>not and have to repeat the process to correct > >>> > >>errors, which, no > >> > >>>>doubt, is why Jason was asking for an editor > >>> > >>that could transfer > >> > >>>>files. > >>>> > >>>>Doug > >>>> > >>>>--- Robert Leche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >>wrote: > >> > >>>>>Doug, > >>>>>Doesn't emacs support file transfer. You got > to > >>>> > >>watch out for > >> > >>>>>telnet and ftp as any one listening with a > >>>> > >>sniffer will capture > >> > >>>>>your login id and password. > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
