Short answer: use OpenVPN to create a VPN between the two computers and use NFS over that. I recommend using OpenVPN in UDP mode and NFS in TCP mode. On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Heupink, Mourik Jan C. wrote:
dear list. :)
This will probably be a very simple question, with a very obvious answer to all of you, but not to me.
I would like to securely mount a (part of a) filesystem of another (suse) linux server via the internet. So that copying files to that certain mount point, actually means: copying that file to a server far away in another country. Clear..?
I've done some searching, and these seem to be options: - nfs (seems to be unsafe (except when over vpn)) - ssh (file transfer possible, but mounting as filesystem not) - lufs (enables you to mount ftp/ssh locations in filesystem, but requires kermnel recompile)
So, what do you people here use? And what is the 'recommened' way to do this? BTW: i can do whatever I want also on the remote machine, it's 'my' machine, so any configuration is possible. And yes: both sides have very decent internet connections.
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