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? -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849755 | | friend ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
