hi all im new new and hopefully you can help me with a tough situation.

my operating system
suse 10.2

this is what i want to do

i have 3 sata drives at 400 ig each in my machine
i have 1 fixed ip address
24 Mbit/s cable broadband.

i have the website ready

with all this hard drives i thought that from home i'd
run a backup service to the public.

can you tell me what is the best way to securely get get going ?
this is what i have in mind so far.

(1)to have a web members area on my site so they can upload / download
files through a online php file manager using mysql for user name and password.

(2) to set up vpn server so members can securely connect, access their
folder then upload and download through vpn.

(3) to set up ssh server so members can securely connect, access their
folder then upload and download.

(4) use FTP with an added protocol so that members can securely connect, access their folder then upload and download.

how about samba and a secure protocol ?

im not sure if its possible to upload / download via secure tunnel. im thinking
although secure wouldnt the transfer be slow?

what do the big guys use in the industry ?

im not worried about encryption as this will be done on the client side using
a secure encryption package.

im not worried about the limited cable bandwidth because if this project kicks off
ill move it to a proper dedicated server.

so at he end of the day how would you do what im struggling to get of the floor ?

if you do know any references relating to this topic or guide as to setting up an
online back up service then please share it with me.


this is my first post i hope some one can help me out.
thanks in advance
Brian