Is there a NFS alternative?

[Timothy Renner]

There is another alternative I use that doesn't require switching 
filesystems.  OpenVPN (http://openvpn.net/).  I can hook in from 
anywhere (It needs a single port open in your firewall and supports 
either UDP or TCP.  This way you can keep from opening up ports to the 
outside and and allow access only through the VPN interface.  NFS runs 
quite well for me over it as packets are just routed and it took me 
about 10 minutes to set up a server, generate keys and set up a client, 
never having done this before.

-Tim
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