>I want to map a web-site as a drive in my windows explorer.
>Is it possible?
>
Are you asking if a shortcut to a URL can be created on the Desktop? Yes. You connect via a browser.
If you are asking if you can connect to a shared resource such as a shared folder through the Internet, again, the answer is yes. You must be able to specify a valid UNC for the shared resource; NT/Win2K systems can reference UNCs that use the IP address of the host system as the machine name, and can attach resources that they are granted access to based on the userid and password presented to the host system. I would strongly advise against sharing resources to the internet based on Win9x's share-level security.
Win9x cannot directly use a TCP/IP address as a machine name in a UNC; you need to create an entry in the LMHOSTS file that assigns a NetBIOS name to a specific IP address, and then reference the UNC using that NetBIOS name.
If there is an ongoing requirement forremote access to servicesover the InterNet, you might want to investigate implementing a VPN solution of some sort, which provides added authentication and uses end-to-end encryption to safeguard information transfers. VPN support is built into Win98 and Win2K, and in NT Server by enabling PPTP under RAS. Third-party VPN products with a wide range of features and options.
If you are asking if you can connect to a web site, have that web site perform some authentication services, and then make a non-HTTP-protocol based connection to share remote resources using means other than the http protocol, the answer is yes. It requires significantly more work than a simple RAS or VPN connection; you might want to read Rick Strahl's book on Web applications uisng VFP6, and his Web Connection 3 product, which may have the functionality you need -
www.west-wind.comI'd strongly advise hiring a professional to help you with this, since even minor oversights will leave your systems wide open to outside access.
>In
www.xdrive.com it is done?
>Is anybody knows hwo to do it?
