I'm a student at the local tech school. Just finished the term, so I won't see the teacher again, to ask my question. The final class project was building a websiet for the computer programming department. Very interesting learning experience. As we finished developing our HTML and cgi's, we used ftp and telnet to load stuff over to the computer in her office that is the server for the site. I had some things that weren't finally ready to be working at the end of the project, and I asked the teacher, out in the hallway on the last day -- if she felt it wouldn't viloate any security policy, could I get telnet access to the server, from my home computer? She had mentioned that she and the system admininstrator have that access, whereas we were working in class from the lab - intranet, behind the school's firewall. She knew I have a cable internet connection, and said that she couldn't do it, even though she trusted me personally -- "It would open the server to access from anywhere." I was in a hurry at the time, and not in a position to second guess her judgement, but I've continued o be curious. What does that mean -- if I had a dialup connection I would be safe, but if I'm on cable I'm not? What's the scoop?
I have a single assigned IP address, and my 3 home computers are on a home network with a Linksys 4-port router.
The cable company is Metrocast, basically a cable TV company that includes internet access.
Felecha
I have a single assigned IP address, and my 3 home computers are on a home network with a Linksys 4-port router.
The cable company is Metrocast, basically a cable TV company that includes internet access.
Felecha
