On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 11:34:38AM +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: > port forwarding. > > on the nat router, look under the games/applications menu > (assuming its an appliance type router) > > Dean > > Alan L Tyree wrote: > >The recent Ubuntu stuffup with xorg meant that I had to ssh to a > >friends computer in the USA to get his X system going again. It was not > >a problem since he has a "real" ip address. > > > >What if he was behind a NAT router? Is there anyway that I could > >connect to his machine to fix him up? (I'm not much of a guru, but I > >can do some command line things). > > > >Thanks, > >Alan
Configuring port-fowarding on the the router is clearly the best if you can do it. If you want nerd points, you (he) could compile netcat with GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE and use it to allow external people to use a connection initiated from the inside. You'd use ssl options or one of the netcat-like tools that use ssl. Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
