Firewall question
Anne Wilson
cannewilson at googlemail.com
Thu May 15 14:44:19 UTC 2008
On Thursday 15 May 2008 15:24, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>
> Incoming to the mail server. Outgoing from your laptop. We're talking
> about configuring your laptop at Wifi hotspots aren't we? Or have I
> totally lost the plot?
>
I was thinking about configuring the server to accept my connections from
hotspots, but not unknown ones.
> (Nota Bene: "incoming" and "outgoing" has nothing to do with the
> direction the mail is flowing. The machine behind the firewall that
> sends the initial TCP request is the "outgoing" machine from the point
> of view of the firewall, whether it's sending mail or reading it).
>
I *think* I'm still with you :-) But still, the first decision is whether to
accept the connection, isn't it?
> Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to do.
>
Worry not - I confuse myself at times :-) What I'm really trying to do is get
my head around the issues regarding working away from home. I have imap
mail set up, and was wondering whether to go further to allow access to my
files while away from home, but I need some basic background understanding
before I try to get specifics. Otherwise I don't know what is relevant
reading and what isn't :-) I'm assuming that I'd have to do something like a
vnc connection - but since I don't have the basics, I could be way off beam.
Anne
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