Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 29, 2005 01:10 AM
That's great for securing your Windows/Samba file transfers but, it doesn't give you a VPN. Virtual Private Network(VPN), the key word is network.
With a real VPN, your IP traffic is secured, regardless of what that traffic is. This means more than secure file transfers. It means that your ICMP, SMTP, NCP, telnet, HTTP, VoIP, MS SQL, RDP, RTSP, RIP, OSPF and any other traffic is all encrypted. If all you want is to secure Samba file transfers, you could make life simpler by using WebDAV via HTTPS like iFolder and others do. That way you wouldn't need to install and configure Putty on the Windows machine.
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Re:DIY VPN with OpenSSH and Samba
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 29, 2005 01:10 AMWith a real VPN, your IP traffic is secured, regardless of what that traffic is. This means more than secure file transfers. It means that your ICMP, SMTP, NCP, telnet, HTTP, VoIP, MS SQL, RDP, RTSP, RIP, OSPF and any other traffic is all encrypted. If all you want is to secure Samba file transfers, you could make life simpler by using WebDAV via HTTPS like iFolder and others do. That way you wouldn't need to install and configure Putty on the Windows machine.
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