Re: Secure File Transfers

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_nospam-comcast.net)
Date: 09/20/05 

Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 07:48:47 -0500

A VPN solution [virtual private network] would work but add complexity of
configuration if you do not already have one in place though ipsec endpoint
devices are affordable these days and can create a encrypted ipsec tunnel
between the networks. This sounds like something you do occasionally and you
could use Remote Desktop or Terminal Services in remote administration mode
to access the computer and transfer the files. RDP by default will use
encryption [you should configure the server to only accept high encryption]
and configure the encrypted tunnel before user authentication is attempted.
The downside to that is leaving your computer port 3389 TCP exposed to the
internet. If you can configure your firewall or even an ipsec filter on the
server to only accept port 3389 TCP connections from a specific public IP
address that can greatly increase the security of using RDP over the
internet. Otherwise you still can use it but be sure to use complex
passwords for the users that are allowed access via RDP. The link below
may help. --- Steve

http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Windows_Terminal_Services.html

"Jono" <jono@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2DED0A55-6574-4869-A34D-CD5D1EF5DF4B@microsoft.com...
> We have two servers that are on different networks, one on a closed
> internal
> network and one an external network, connected to the Internet.
>
> We need to transfer data from the external server onto the server on the
> internal network.
>
> At the moment we copy the data onto a floppy disk and then transfer it to
> the internal server, after virus checking.
>
> Does anyone know any other ways to securely transfer the data?

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