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I know that since SMB is not secure, opening port 445 on firewall makes your computer vulnerable. To secure my connection, I want to run a SMB mobile app via SSH. Would I still need to open port 445 on my router to enable SMB? Would my host computer be protected by running SMB over SSH?

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Here is a simpler solution which is suitable if local filesystem sharing is not necessary:

  1. https://superuser.com/a/1001889/507477
  2. configure SSH access over internet to a server/router which has network access to the necessary SMB server.
  3. When connecting to the SSH server, define port forwarding from local port 445 to the SMB server IP, port 445.
  4. access the SMB server share via \\localhost

If local file sharing is necessary, a more difficult but achievable way is described here - http://www.nikhef.nl/~janjust/CifsOverSSH/Win8Loopback.html

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