Re: vpn vs vns vs ???

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RDP is included in all the Windows OSes you mention.  Doing RDP over SSH is
a solution I've been using for years.

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:24 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have a small office network - openSuSe server and backup server, using
> samba for file serving and tomcat to access a database. There are 5
> windows workstations, 1 xp, 1 vista, and 3 win7s hardwired. There is 1
> wifi vista laptop.
>
> I currently access my workstation from home using winvnc, usually after
> hours. One employee is going to need to work from home 2-3 days a week,
> and while I'm at I might as well set up file access for the laptop user
> from his home also.
>
> It would be simple to set up vnc for the first employee to control her
> desktop from home, but I would prefer a solution that does not use SO MUCH
> bandwidth during business hours. The laptop user does not have a desktop
> to control, but all he needs is occasional access to a file and we now
> email it to him. He knows nothing about a computer, other than how to turn
> it on and use the programs he needs, but the laptop comes to the office
> and I can set it up. The first employee is fairly computer literate, and
> would access from her home windows computer.
>
> What is the best/easiest/secure way to allow him access to the samba
> server, and her the samba server and the tomcat server?
>
>
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