Mapping remote linux drive in windows...

[Gerald Combs]

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Adam J Bunton wrote:

> I have setup a VPN that I connect to from work an my laptop wherever I am.
> Depending on the security that you want, use either pptp from
> http://poptop.org or ipsec from http://www.freeswan.org.  Both work well,
> with ipsec being a little more secure.  You will also need to setup samba so
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That's an understatement. 

During session setup, PPTP will usually pass information about the
connection (usernames, internal IP addresses, etc) in the clear before
encryption is negotiated.  It can't use encryption in the first place
unless you authenticate using MS-CHAP (v1 or v2) or LEAP.  PPTP may not
provide man-in-the-middle or replay protection either, but I'd have to
verify that.

It's also cryptographically weaker than the standard encryption methods
used for IPsec connections:

    http://www.counterpane.com/pptpv2-paper.html

> that once you connect, you have shares to access.
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brian Densmore" <DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com>
> To: "Jason Clinton" <me at jasonclinton.com>; "Matt G" <linux at bizniche.com>
> Cc: <kclug at kclug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 2:46 PM
> Subject: RE: Mapping remote linux drive in windows...
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> > Samba should work too.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Clinton
> > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 1:25 PM
> > To: Matt G
> > Cc: kclug at kclug.org
> > Subject: Re: Mapping remote linux drive in windows...
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> > Matt G wrote:
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> > I remember that with some virtual hosting I used to use, which was also
> > linux, I could map the remote linux drive to my local windows computer.
> > Does anyone know how this is done?  I imagine it's an ftp kind of thing.
> > Anything special that needs to be done on the linux side?
> >
> > There was once a product called Sun Solstice that enabled this via an
> extention to the Windows kernel. It has been discontinued, though.
> >
> > Your best bet, now, is to use WinSCP or Filezilla to graphically move the
> files to and from an SSH server.
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