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Leopard Server: Stupid question about VPN
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<blockquote data-quote="edokid" data-source="post: 818915" data-attributes="member: 259418"><p>I think I might have figured this out, someone correct me if I'm wrong.</p><p></p><p>In order for an external user to access any system resources through my static IP, my router would need to have ports open, and forward external traffic for those ports to the appropriate internal IP address on my network. Meaning if I want to use remote desktop, just because I connect to a static IP doesn't mean anything, I'd need to have the router forward traffic on the port remote desktop uses, to my servers IP address.</p><p></p><p>If I was VPN'd in, I'm on my local network so open ports don't matter. So I'm guessing the key is don't keep ports open or use port forwarding, that way requests to the static IP are blocked at the router since they don't have authority to connect or forward to any internal addreses. The only one I'd keep open is the VPN port so I can connect externally.</p><p></p><p>Correct me if I'm wrong?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="edokid, post: 818915, member: 259418"] I think I might have figured this out, someone correct me if I'm wrong. In order for an external user to access any system resources through my static IP, my router would need to have ports open, and forward external traffic for those ports to the appropriate internal IP address on my network. Meaning if I want to use remote desktop, just because I connect to a static IP doesn't mean anything, I'd need to have the router forward traffic on the port remote desktop uses, to my servers IP address. If I was VPN'd in, I'm on my local network so open ports don't matter. So I'm guessing the key is don't keep ports open or use port forwarding, that way requests to the static IP are blocked at the router since they don't have authority to connect or forward to any internal addreses. The only one I'd keep open is the VPN port so I can connect externally. Correct me if I'm wrong? [/QUOTE]
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