I was wondering something.

Suppose that i'm someplace else (like uni) and I needed to access a file on my home computer, yet I couldn't go home to get it.

Since I have broadband and my internet is therefore on 24/7,wouldn't it be theoretically possible to access my home computer through my lan via the internet? I now have a firewall installed at the router level, but seeing as I have full access priviliges to the network, I don't know how much of a problem it would be to bypass the firewall.

How would I go about doing this? I know it can be done-- hackers access networks remotely via the internet all the time. What software would i need, and how would I get around my own firewall?

It's a wireless network, btw.



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Set up a SSH daemon on your computer, and connect remotely with a program like PuTTy or a SSH file transfer client.
www.ssh.com

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AFAIK, you can open a port in your firewall and if you are using XP, it'll take you through step by step on how to access a computer at work (school in your case).
Just go into set up a new internet connection.

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would that work on XP home as well? Also, how can I do it cross-platform (Most of the computers at uni are macs, and the few pcs that are there are totally locked down and will only let you surf the internet.)



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No, only Windows XP Professional will let you set up a VPN and allow TCP tunneling. This solution wouldn't work for Macs anyways, because Windows uses SMB for network shares and new Macs probably use NFS, given OSX's UNIX lineage.

Load up apache, password protect whatever you want to get to, and use no-ip.com's free service if you don't have a static IP.

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Ive got a server on my network. Its dishing out http, ftp, SSH, and telnet. I can SSH into my server from anywhere in the world, and from there telnet or SSH into my workstation. Instant remote access.

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I dont know exactly what you need, but the newest issue of Maximum PC has a section about wireless networks AND Connecting to your PC remotely.

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