From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Ashley M. Kirchner" Subject: Re: Re: iptables problem Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 23:45:06 -0700 Message-ID: <4369B1F2.50804@pcraft.com> References: <20051103062533.C48C96AA57@smtp.sterenborg.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20051103062533.C48C96AA57@smtp.sterenborg.info> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Rob Sterenborg , netfilter@lists.netfilter.org >Maybe you can let the kiosk hosts connect to the server and perform GET >and PUT commands. The server then only has to put the needed updates in >a specific directory where the kiosk hosts can download them from. This >way the hosts themselves don't have to be reachable on the internet >which would be better from a security point of view. > > Thanks for the explanation Rob. I can't control what happens on the serverside. That's a third party company. I figured regardless of me being able to forward port 21 to one of these machines without a problem, I can't do it for all three. So I think I'm screwed either way. Grrr... -- H | I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere. +-------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashley M. Kirchner . 303.442.6410 x130 IT Director / SysAdmin / WebSmith . 800.441.3873 x130 Photo Craft Imaging . 3550 Arapahoe Ave. #6 http://www.pcraft.com ..... . . . Boulder, CO 80303, U.S.A.