samba - Dec 2002 - Access Samba Servers from the Internet?

Hello,
I have a little question that I am not sure about:
I will set up a server at a hosting facility, is it possible to install Samba 
on the server and access shares of this server over the internet?
Would I just have to use the right workgroup, maybe restrict access to 
certain IP's, and would I then be able to access the shares from just 
anywhere on the internet, as long as I have the correct workgroup???
This might be a silly question, but I haven't really seen an answer anywhere
yet.

Thanks,
DrTebi

This is certainly possible, but might not be so advisable. It would be more
secure to set-up a VPN connection from your client to your host and then
login that way. Of course, it is possible to access your SMB share through a
windoze machine by the \\SERVER_IP\SHARE_NAME method. It will work, but
seems terribly insecure to me!
"DrTebi" <drtebi@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I have a little question that I am not sure about:
> I will set up a server at a hosting facility, is it possible to install
Samba
> on the server and access shares of this server over the internet?
> Would I just have to use the right workgroup, maybe restrict access to
> certain IP's, and would I then be able to access the shares from just
> anywhere on the internet, as long as I have the correct workgroup???
> This might be a silly question, but I haven't really seen an answer
anywhere
> yet.
>
> Thanks,
> DrTebi
>
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> This is certainly possible, but might not be so advisable. It would be
more
> secure to set-up a VPN connection from your client to your host and then
> login that way. Of course, it is possible to access your SMB share through
a
> windoze machine by the \\SERVER_IP\SHARE_NAME method. It will work, but
> seems terribly insecure to me!
> "DrTebi" <drtebi@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:0003b0ff31e6ee0a_mailit@smtp.mail.yahoo.com...


I agree, Try to use a http protocol to browse your file server... I never
open a netbios port to the internet...