[ale] Samba security

[Todor Fassl]

I think I am just going to document the heck out of installing & using 
either win-sshfs or sshfs for Mac. I can make the motd say, "Point a 
browser to [link] for tips on connecting to this server."



On 1/14/20 12:37 PM, Raj Wurttemberg wrote:
> I don't think that I would open up Samba/CIFS to the internet.  As DJ 
> mentioned, access via a VPN would really be only only 'safe' method to 
> access a Samba/CIFS share from the internet.
> 
> Alternative... How about WebDAV?  You could control it easily with one 
> port and use SSL.
> 
> /Raj W.
> 
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 10:30 AM Todor Fassl via Ale <ale at ale.org 
> <mailto: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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Todd