On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 02:42:55PM +0200, Danny Lieberman wrote:
> Geoff
> 
> Fair enough. ssh is king.
> 
> To summarize the thread - the Windows to Linux connection over the WAN 
> has a few options
> 
> ssh - requires MS services for Unix on the Windows boxes, secure, strong 
> authentication, good for transferring large files, or large numbers of 
> files over the WAN

Are you looking for an ssh client or server? There are a number of good
ssh clients for windows. some are based on openssh. There is also putty.

And there are some servers based on cygwin and such.

> Webdav - no client installation in Windows, Apache on Linux, basic or 
> mixed authentication, suitable for small numbers or smallish files over 
> the WAN
>
> Samba - no client installation in Windows, smb on Linux, authentication 
> - take your choice, good LAN solution, arguable over the WAN
> ftp - occasional, on demand or client driven access over WAN, security a 
> concern for the host running the ftp service

But windows does have a built-in FTP client, doesn't it?

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