[plug] Remote machines

[Craig Ringer]

James Roderick Elliott wrote:
> Thanks Craig ... I think I might have found the answer.  In the D-Link
> configuration HTML page there is a place where you can nominate a
> "visible pc".  I will check with the manufacturer, but I think this
> means you can have a pc visible on the Internet.

That'll be it, it will just forward _all_ traffic arriving at the IP to 
the internal machine, so the d-link will masq traffic two ways. Handy, 
but you will want to set up a firewall on your machine which must now be 
treated as fully internet-addressable and so fully 
automated-script-|<1dd13-hackable.

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Craig Ringer
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