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Date:      Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:23:35 -0500
From:      "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>
To:        Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, nospam@mgedv.net
Subject:   Re: encrypted file sharing bsd<-->winxp/2k3
Message-ID:  <20051011082335.19e61f60@grokwell.org>
In-Reply-To: <434BB776.5030209@meijome.net>
References:  <20051011093459.9887B186800@mgedv.at> <434BB776.5030209@meijome.net>

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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:00:38 +1000
Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> wrote:

> mdff wrote:
> >>>staying away from ipsec and hw-crypto-ether-cards how
> >>>can i connect to network-shares on freebsd-boxes from
> >>>windows-clients having the whole connection (auth and
> >>>data stuff) encrypted?
> >>>it should be possible to map the share as a nw-drive.
> >>>br...
> >>>
> >>
> >>VPN is probably your choice. Check out OpenVPN
> >>(http://openvpn.net/) for a portable and relatively
> >>easy-to-setup solution.
> > 
> > 
> > thx for the hint, but we don't want VPN/tunnels/ipsec
> > solutions for this.
> 
> would you mind explaining why not?
> 
> (I was going ot suggest SSH forwarding and then your protocol of
> choice, but that is a tunnel ).
> 
> Beto

Have you considered webdav over SSL?  Configure Apache2 to listen
on port 443 (SSL) only and activate webdave directories with web
authentication.  Windows will map the webdav directories as
"webfolders".

Andrew



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