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[Gabriel Dragffy]

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