accessing my ubuntu computer remotely from a Windows PC

[Thomas Kaiser]

Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:

>If you only need access to files: install samba.
>  
>
Samba is not secure to run over the Internet.

You could install a ssh server on the Ubuntu machine and use WinSCP 
http://winscp.net/eng/index.php on the windoz box to connect to the 
Ubuntu box.

WinSCP is a "explorer like" SCP (Secure Copy Protocoll) client for windoz.

SCP means the connection is encrypted.

For authentication you can use a password if it is a strong one but the 
better is to do "Public Key Authentication (PKI)".  To setup PKI on 
Linux (or windoz, with putty) should be straight forward. Google for 
"Public Key Authentication ssh". May be this link 
http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.55/htmldoc/Chapter8.html is not so 
bad.

Installing a ssh server: apt-get install openssh-server or use synaptic

I hope my information will help you.

Regards, Thomas