Windows 10: Best way to mount remote linux disk on Windows10?

I've set up a linux file server at home, and want to give my father, who has a Windows10 laptop and lives elsewhere access to upload and download files from it. To make it user friendly I'd like it to be mounted (ideally automatically on boot) as a drive letter. What's the best way to go about doing this?

1. Setting up SMB on the linux server. This should work, but sharing SMB over the internet is iffy security-wise isn't it? I know a VPN would fix this, but having to redirect all internet traffic just to transfer some files is too cumbersome.
2. Just use sftp (which I already have as part of ssh). I think Windows10 doesn't support sftp mounts out of the box, so one would need some external software to do this. If so, what would you recommend?
3. Something else?

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