local development server and mapping drives

[Jack]

I'm looking to add a headless server, in some out of
the way location to make a webserver (intranet)/ db
server. I want to use it for development of websites
and database apps on, from my desktop. But, I want the
ease of use of being able to read and write files
without doing ftp, etc. I'd like to be able to point
Quanta/Konquerer at it and have it look like a local
filesystem. Is this a Samba project? Or is there
another way to accomplish this, while still protecting
the system from remote attacks should someone breach
the firewall, or having the server inadvertantly
expose itself beyond the firewall?

Thanks,
Brian D.

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