Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:55:37 +0100 From: Gabriel Dragffy <gabe@dragffy.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netatalk Message-ID: <D2211392-4B5C-4AA7-998F-A61D0687EF8D@dragffy.com> In-Reply-To: <72cf361e0709231114w97185ccxe10aec942fe90657@mail.gmail.com> References: <191FA4A3-28E3-4319-8D04-572818E81F98@dragffy.com> <72cf361e0709230813q4aeeb07rb13f9ca9ee1ba9ac@mail.gmail.com> <DBD15382-AC9B-4247-9CEF-492432C41ED3@dragffy.com> <72cf361e0709231114w97185ccxe10aec942fe90657@mail.gmail.com>
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On 23 Sep 2007, at 19:14, Martin Hepworth wrote: > Beg to differ on the AFP vs samb issues from what we use at work > using a mixed environment (*nix, windoze and Mac's). > > the filetyping goes alot better using smb than appletalk with MacOS > X, and smb will use encrypted passwds (however poorly encoded) by > default, and even SMB is alot faster than AFP which is horrible slow. > > You'll find that using a VPN to access over the internet alot more > secure in any case. > > anyway a quick google gives this.. > > http://www.caboo.se/articles/2006/1/18/apple-file-sharing-via-freebsd > > Thanks, I've already read that link, what was suggested didn't work. I don't mind using smb, but I have a question or two I would be glad if you could answer: Can you connect to a smb server over the internet? For example in OS X give the address as smb://example.com? Also, how would you get the passwords encrypted? Is this done by default. Best regards Gabe
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