This certainly didn't used to be called the cloud - this is classic service hosting. I usually consider cloud to require Internet connection between you and the provider as opposed to private WAN, but that's just me.
Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: LDAP\DC with a public IP On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Brian Desmond <[email protected]> wrote: >> You have an IP address on your private side that duplicates their >> private net, and you're connected to them via some kind of VPN or >> other secure router, so you do a one-to-one static NAT between your >> private net and some other private net that they're not using. > > Yes that's exactly what I was describing. That doesn't usually come to > mind in the same thought as "cloud" though. "Cloud" means whatever the speaker wants it to, these days. :) But I don't even see this one as much of a stretch: If the provider has a big net of distributed datacenters, and you're outsourcing some service to that, and the provider gives you a VPN box to make the link, that still seems pretty cloud-ish to me. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
