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Tunneling Samba (SMB) with SecureCRT®

Do you use SMB Samba to provide file services to your users? You might have worried about security for these mounts. Never fear: SMB services can be accessed securely through Windows Explorer using a Secure Shell tunnel provided by SecureCRT.

There are two methods to accomplish this:

1. Private Access to an SSH-Secured SMB Share

The first method should be followed by those wanting to set up a secure tunnel to an SMB share and be able to access the share only from the same computer running SecureCRT. We call this "Private Access to an SSH-Secured SMB Share".

2. Gateway Access to an SSH-Secured SMB Share

The second method should be followed by those wanting to set up a secure tunnel to an SMB share that is accessible to multiple users within a local network (this "gateway" machine running SecureCRT will not be able to map any network shares itself at all). We call this "Gateway Access to an SSH-Secured SMB Share".

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