openvpn ended up working just fine, as also did using ssh as a tunnel. i guess i am learning new stuff all the time.
i completely understand the unofficial stance and give/take scenario, even if it has turned out i didnt really need special consideration after all. i have tried to help out around here when i can -- i was up on the roof of the ballroom helping getting that new hardware up there. but since my schedule is pretty packed, i figured i would just let you guys know that i can kinda poke around the network over here pretty easily if you need a "man on the ground"... i live only 2 blocks from fresh pot. again, thanks for your time/help so much. i am glad i ended up not having to need anything extra. (for the record, i just dont have a box up "outside" that has recent enough software to run what i am developing at my home. hence, svn not really being helpful for me right now -- i have nowhere to send things!) i think, despite its long history, ptp is still fairly underappreciated in portland ... i only wish i could help more. thanks for all the hard work! thanks, -jon On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Russell Senior <[email protected]>wrote: > >>>>> "jon" == jon <[email protected]> writes: > > jon> hi, i am a regular user of the mississippi ptp network, and on > jon> most days can connect from my home a couple blocks away. i am > jon> wondering what ptp policy is for setting up nat or port > jon> forwarding (etc) for us normal users to be able to get to our > jon> ptp-connected machines from the outside world? > > jon> obviously there are matters of security to contend with and so > jon> forth, but i am thinking of an unused outside port mapping to > jon> port 80 of my linux box (presumably on a mac-assigned static > jon> internal ip address), so that i can demo some of my web > jon> development to outsiders. as a bonus, another port going to 22 > jon> wouldnt hurt either! heh > > jon> this is not at all an urgent or critical inquiry, more just one > jon> of curiosity. i tend to push things through svn to outside hosts > jon> when i *really* need to show some development, but it would just > jon> be so convenient to have somewhere to point to that has the > jon> active development. > > jon> thanks much, especially for keeping the network going over here! > jon> -jon > > jon> p.s. i have offered before, but will state again -- i am > jon> available for any light net admin kinda maintenance on the mgp > jon> network as needed. i even helped climb up on the ballroom roof > jon> once to get some new equipment in. lemme know. > > Jon, > > Even though this is coming from a PTP officer, this is not a policy > the board has discussed extensively, so you can take it as an > unofficial opinion. > > Probably the best way to get some kind of "special accomodation" would > be to become a volunteer and demonstrate that you are a "giver" and > not just a "taker". Becoming a visible volunteer probably means > showing up at meetings, coming to work parties, helping out on > networks that don't necessarily directly benefit yourself, etc. > > Right now, as Tyler mentioned, there are not a lot of incoming ports > configured, so we have no simple way immediately at hand to solve your > problem. Also, it sounds like you could solve most of your problem by > just pushing your svn stuff out more frequently. > > If you want to discuss it some more, we can continue this thread more, > or feel free to come to one of our meetings. We are having a weekly > meeting tonight at NodeKentonStation at 6:30pm. > > > -- > Russell Senior, President > [email protected] > -- The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
