Re: FN-FORUM: Accessing PC from Remote Location

date posted 6th August 2005 17:37

Richard wrote:
>
> If you want interactive access, Windows XP comes with "remote desktop"
> to allow remote administration. It's quite handy and personally I find
> it much more usable than Radmin or WinVNC, plus it's built into the OS
> so no extra software required.
>
> Make sure you have a decent password and change it regularly.
>
> With all that said, you want access to files.. Have you considered
> simply installing an FTP Server? You already have one available (via
> IIS) if you run XP Pro on your home PC, failing that there are plenty of
> other freebies. If you do use IIS for FTP, it might be advisable to
> disable the webserver (unless your familiar with the pre-installed
> scripts), or not install the webserver aspect of it at all.

If you're going to install an ftp server make sure you're using some
sort of secure connection, ie using ssh, rather than regular ftp. I
can't recommend any for Windows, but I assume others on the list have
done something similar.

Cheers,

A