Accessing an external harddrive through Airport Extreme

Hello,
I have read that one should be able to access an external harddrive that is connected to a airport extreme from any computer that has the internet.
Is this true?
How does one find the Internet address?
Regards,
Jon

Anybody got any ideas?
Cheers,
Jon

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