We recently setup a server to host a SharePoint site so that a few select users can access files from home. After talking with a couple IT guys that manage our portal, we were recommended to use SharePoint. Our current LAN exists within a portal, and we were told if we setup SharePoint on our end, that they would setup security and access through the portal on their end. Now, here's my dilemma. We setup IIS 6 using Sharepoint. Everything is working fine but, I now have the question of authentication.
From what I've read, Digest Authentication is barely better than Basic (plain text) authentication. Integrated Authentication is more ideal for Intranets (and won't work with what we're looking to do). So, .NET Passport or Certificate Authentication is basically what I'm considering. I've read about both and really can't figure out which way to go. I'm leaning towards using Certificates but from what I've read, it's a pain in the ass to setup.
Any ideas and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.