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Postby brinstar » Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:59 pm

i wish to be able to access a dedicated file storage drive on my desktop via my laptop on any network anywhere

is this:
  • possible
  • secure
  • a good idea

if all three answers are yes, pls tell me how to do such a thing

thanks, guys. thuys.
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Re: internet question

Postby Harrison » Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:00 pm

http://www.getdropbox.com/

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Re: internet question

Postby Gidan » Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:18 pm

VPN server. You connect to the VPN and you can then access your home network as if you were on the network.
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Re: internet question

Postby leah » Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:43 pm

and the "p" in vpn is for "private," so it will be password-protected and, thus, safe.
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Re: internet question

Postby Tikker » Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:19 pm

VPN is easy

easy thing to do also is SSH tunnel, and VNC
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