"Spaz" <yea@right.com> wrote in message
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> "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:92DC85F4-157B-480F-A6B2-E1FADAF03255@microsoft.com...
>> Look at using ftp protocol.
>>
>> http://www.ipswitch.com/
>
> I wasn't really looking for anything that elaborate, but thanks anyway.
> Ya, I've been searching for how to share files between me and my friends
> on the internet with minimal overhead. I've seen all the commercial
> programs but I've heard you can do it simply through Windows Explorer (not
> talking about Internet Explorer). I have my public folder set up but I
> just need to figure out how someone else on the internet can bring up
> Windows Explorer, view my public folder, and transfer files.
>
> With Windows Vista, Microsoft gives an example of opening their public
> folder with Windows Explorer. Simply open Windows Explorer, go to the
> address bar and type ftp://ftp.microsoft.com. This adds Microsoft's
> public download folder to your folders in Windows Explorer. If I could do
> this with my friends on the internet, transferring large files would be SO
> much easier! Can I give other people this kind of access to my public
> folder over a cable internet connection without buying extra software?
FTP is insecure...
Personally I recommend a VPN or Secure Shell (SSH) tunnel which provide an
encrypted data link. Here is an example VPN using the built-in PPTP VPN
function...
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...P/PPTPVPN.html
Use a *STRONG* password...
You can also setup a SSH server and use a program like WinSCP. SSH allows
the use of a private/public key pair for strong authentication versus a
password only (strong or otherwise). I recommend the copSSH package on the
server.
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Ssh/SSHLAN.html http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php...position=22:22 http://winscp.net/eng/index.php http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...P-KeyPair.html
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