On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 19:59, gabriel wrote: > > for file transfers within the studio, samba will do nicely, but if you're even > remotely security concious, samba isn't viable over the internet. for that i > can see only 2 options: (a) ftp, or (b) ssh/sftp > > ftp is easy for everyone and internet exploder even supports it natively > (albeit badly). it is however insecure since everything is unencrypted. > > ssh/sftp is my preferred solution since it only requires a free copy of ssh > for windows downloadable @ ssh.com. it includes a simple shell utility as > well as a drag n' drop client for file transfers much like ftp. > > as for the ip filtering question, that's easy: install iptables and filter all > traffic on port 22 (for ssh, 20/21 for ftp) based on the requesting ip. even > if your external firewall lets bad requests through, your server's firewall > will drop the traffic you don't want. > > my advice then for is samba locally, ssh externally using iptables on your > server to regulate traffic.
Hi, Sorry I wasn't more clear. This is only for file transfer across the Internet. We are different people working in different studios, but we collaborate across the net. I'll set up sftp and get it working between my own Windows boxes and this Gentoo machine, and then show the others how to do the same. Thanks for the answers. Cheers, Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
