[godzilla82]

Mounting requires other ports to be opened, which no sysadmin will do on the internet. Ssh on the other hand can be started on a non standard port.

[cpach]

IME most Windows servers are not directly exposed to the Internet, instead one would reach them via VPN.

[yrro]

It's a shame you can't use the Common Internet File System over the Internet. ️

[amaccuish]

FYI, CIFS refers specifically to the version of SMB1 that was submitted as an RFC. You should absolutely not be using "CIFS" these days.

[yrro]

Wait, they renamed it back?

[arethuza]

But you can use SMB e.g. Azure File Storage

[jimmaswell]

I do it over SFTP with a program called SFTP Net Drive. No additional ports besides the existing SSH.