[plug] Distributed files systems (AFS)

[W.Kenworthy]

smb doesnt tunnel well at the port level which ssh does - its possible,
but there are numerous issues.  The alternative is full network
connectivity with CISCOvpn, OpenVPN, CIPE or similar and then bridge to
the internal network, but its already been stated the client user has
little IT skill so such solutions are likely to be both difficult to
implement transparently and administratively expensive. 

This is where WebDAV and network filesystems shine: they move the
administrative overhead to where the skills are available (server end)
and policies can be enforced and not be exposed to subversion or the
network exposed to virii/worms and the like.

BillK


On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 11:58 +0930, Onno Benschop wrote:
> Rennie wrote:
> 
> >I'm fishing around for info regarding distributed/network files systems.
> >  
> >
> You can use putty to make an ssh tunnel to your network from his. You 
> could likely port redirect his SMB traffic across that tunnel. The setup 
> would be a single configuration file, that can be emailed, that sets up 
> putty to do this. Of course it won't deal with issues like his machine 
> being infected and hosing your network, but you could force his web and 
> mail traffic through the same tunnel at the same time.
> 
> I've never done exactly this, but I've used putty to do all manner of 
> weird and wonderful things over the years. There is a user manual 
> floating on the web by one of our PLUGgers, Leon, at: 
> http://cyberknights.com.au/doc/PuTTY-tunnelling-HOWTO.html, which will 
> help you in this.
> 
> Of course you could install all manner of applications and use those, 
> but I like to keep things simple :)
> 
> 
> Cheers,
>