[CS-FSLUG] Curious about Linux networks

[Ritchie, Josiah S.]

I think you are asking a question that reflects an MS mindset. MS has
put together an "all-in-one" protocol. Linux/Unix looks at all these
things through different protocols. For printing, CUPS works nice. For a
window environment, XFREE is the key. For file sharing securely, mount
an ssh drive. Ubuntu makes that trivial through the "Connect to
Computer" utility. SMB is also an option. There are utilities to mount
ssh filesystems to windows computers, but the best are not libre. I
assume I don't need to expound on the security benefits of ssh over nfs
or smb?

 

In most office environments, the networks sharing such files are assumed
to be of a certain trustworthyness so they are okay and the best
solution. For smaller environments like your bedroom, ssh would work
fine.

 

Basically, you want an all-in-one protocol when the best solution is to
do them individually IMHO. Many network printing solutions for large
windows networks with domains setup implement third-party solutions
somewhere in the printing connection. Remote Desktop, though you didn't
mention it, is a separate protocol in Win.

 

If you really want to play with some powerful programs, check out the
world of AFS and its similar protocols. http://www.openafs.org One of
these days I'm going to figure out what that's all about, but I don't
have time. If you figure it out, I'd like to hear about you experience.

 

JSR/

 

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[mailto:Christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz] On Behalf Of Nathan T.
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Subject: [CS-FSLUG] Curious about Linux networks

 

Hi everyone,

I'm not sure if I've just been using Windows too long, but it seems the
only relatively advanced networking protocol for home networks that I
know about is smb. I do know about NFS, but my only experience with it
portrayed it as a very simple networking system where you count on all
the computers on the network to have users who behave themselves, and no
advanced features like printer sharing are implemented. Don't get me
wrong here, I'm not saying that's all it can really do, that's simply
the extent of my very limited experience with it.

I would like to know more about the different networking options in
Linux, especially ones that are included with most distributions by
default. Third party protocols such as Novell netware interest me as
well, I would like to know though of one that is very well implemented
across Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, especially if it's easy to set up
and configure.

Thanks.

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