Secure portal, extranet

[William Park]

Another is VPN which involves similar administration work as SSH.
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William



----- Original Message ----
> From: Eric Battersby <gyre-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org>
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Sent: Tue, March 15, 2011 6:53:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Secure portal, extranet
> 
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2011, William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Mar  14, 2011 at 02:02:30PM -0700, William Park wrote:
> >
> > >> Does  anyone have any thoughts about what software to choose to set up   
>an
> > >> extranet or secure portal for off-site people to exchange  files  and
> > >> information securely?  I am not finding  anything obvious, and  guidance
> > >> would be most  appreciated.  Thanks!
> > >
> > >ssh ?
> >
> > It's a  good thought, but I have not seen an SSH client for windows that
> > someone  could use for information exchange without a lot of
> > understanding not  native to windows users in general.
> 
> You wouldn't need to use the SSH  client for information
> exchange, but to establish the connection.  Have  the Windows
> users run PuTTY to SSH login to your server while  port
> forwarding a local port, say 8080, to localhost:80 on your
> server  (assuming port 80 is not publicly visible).
> 
> Then have them perform the  information exchange on your private web
> server using their browser, eg: http://127.0.0.1:8080 .
> 
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