[ale] Samba security

[Jim Kinney]

Require login to mount and require encrypted hard drive on all laptops. It won't be any worse than any other cifs mount process.

On January 14, 2020 10:30:42 AM EST, Todor Fassl via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>I am supporting an undergraduate research cluster. Undergrads can ssh 
>into the cluster and do mathematical research via Matlab, Mathematica, 
>Magma, Sage, etc. I think there are 9 different computational algebra 
>systems on the cluster plus python, gcc, etc. Anyway, most of the 
>students have been using ssh to log into the machines and then using 
>emacs or vi to write their code. A handful of students write the code
>on 
>their own computers and then scp it to the cluster. A few use and sshfs
>
>client. I was thinking of installing samba so students who use Windows 
>could map a network drive.  I am not sure the ports would be open by a 
>typical ISP or on the campus firewall. But I might be able to make it 
>possible for a student with a laptop to sit in a campus library and 
>write code.
>
>Is this a bad idea?
>
>-- 
>Todd
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