Sure, and Windows Sharepoint Services is free, and gives you logins, document management, workflow, blah, blah, blah. OWA will open shares, blah, blah.
But if you just want to hand out a bunch of Excel files using non-Windows authN over SSL, then you just write 2 aspx pages (and one of those would be your list of files) Cheers Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: RAY ZORZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 12:03 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Making Files availalbe to External Users > > The novell piece gives OWA, a kind of office suite, and the ability to > map drives. > > But good to know. > > >>> Ken Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4/16/2008 10:17 AM >>> > It's 10 lines of code, and two pages - hardly complex. > > Cheers > Ken > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: RAY ZORZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 10:15 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Making Files availalbe to External Users > > > > Novell comes with something like that. It's something we're sorely > > going to miss. > > > > >>> Ken Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4/16/2008 10:06 AM >>> > > Write a little website. Use ASP.NET forms based authentication. Then > > you can use SSL to secure transport, and you have > > authentication/authorization. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jeremy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 9:47 AM > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > Subject: Making Files availalbe to External Users > > > > > > I have a need for large (20+MB) Excel files that contain sensitive > > > financial data to be made available to outside contractors. My > first > > > thought was an FTP site, but then the passwords for the users are > > sent > > > in clear text. Not so good. I don't want to give them Active > > > Directory user names and passwords. What options do I have to get > > the > > > contractors the files they need in a secure, and easy manner? > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > Jeremy ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
