Re: Re: Introduction and first questions

["Mark Harrison \(Yahoo!\)" <mph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gary,

The reason that I _don't_ do this, and went to the hassle of setting up a
name-based reverse proxy is simple.

I sometimes need to access house from client sites. The bulk of my clients
are large companies with restrictive Internet policies.

Something I commonly come across is that port 80 traffic is allowed out,
but
higher ports are blocked :-(

Anyone needing to access their house from work should try to determine
whether ports are locked down in this way.

As you say, if you DON'T have this restriction, then using ports above 80
makes you a little harder for kiddy hackers to find.

Regards,

Mark



----- Original Message -----
From: "garygfx" <garygfx@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 10:48 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Introduction and first questions


> Hi Steve,
>
> I run 3 web servers from home behind a hardware firewall and
> software firewall intalled on all of my PCs. I only have one IP
> address so I've got each web server to run on a different port
> starting from port 81. My ADSL router is configured so it knows
> which PC is on which port. Not using port 80 is a very basic
> security step to keep oppertunist hackers from finding your server
> with a simple scanner program. You can use almost any port number
> you like. e.g. 1032
>
> You won't be able to use the machine name of your PC from the
> Internet, but you can use the IP address.
>
> As for a security system, I installed Comfort (www.comfort.org.uk)
> which is a reliable hard wired (or wireless) system. I've interfaced
> it with a PC so I can monitor it remotely on my PDA and create event
> actions using HomeSeer. It also has an X10 interface so it can
> control X10 devices or monitor your modules. It connects to the
> phone line too so it can call you if the alarm is triggered or patch
> someone ringing your doorbell through to your mobile phone! Comfort
> is so much more than a security system, it's amazingly flexible and
> a great system for HA addicts. It also talks. I've called mine
> Claire. Wife isn't too pleased though. ;-)
>
> Gary.
> Founder of www.speedcameras.org
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Steve Elsbury"
<steve.elsbury@t...>
> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Just joined the group, so thought I'd introduce myself and fire
> off a quick
> > question.
> >
> > My name is Steve and I am an HA addict :-)
> >
> > I use X10 throughout my house, controlled by a Homevision unit. I
> have a PC
> > constantly connected to it so I can use the built in web-server
to
> control
> > the HV from any PC in the house. The PC uses wifi to connect to
my
> main
> > network.
> >
> > Now my problem is that I run a public facing web-server, but only
> have a
> > cheap hardware firewall, which is capable of routing port 80
> traffic to one
> > machine only (i.e. no clever stuff with http headers, etc.). So
on
> my
> > internal network, I can browse to the machine name of the HV PC
> and the web
> > works fine, but I have no way of getting to those web pages from
> the
> > internet - i.e. when I am not at home - as all the internet
> can 'see' is my
> > public facing web server.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a way I can achieve this without buying a
more
> expensive
> > firewall?
> >
> > Second question: I am planning a full home automation system for
> my next
> > home, and am trying to find motorised radiator valves so I can
> have my HV
> > control individual rooms. The only motorised valves I can find
are
> heating
> > zone valves, and are far to big to be fitted in each room. I
> realise I could
> > put them under the floorboards, but the next house may not have
an
> under
> > floor gap and I want to keep my options open.
> >
> > Final question: I want to interface my security system to the HV,
> and am
> > looking to find one which has a serial interface using standard
> protocols -
> > i.e. not using hardware flow control lines, etc. Know ye of such
a
> beast?
> > Note: I want to avoid X10 based security solutions, as power line
> collisions
> > can cause significant events to be lost. What I'm actually trying
> to achieve
> > here is to be able to hit my goodnight button on my remote, and
> have the HV
> > arm the alarm in certain zones only. Hitting a going out button
> would arm
> > all zones, and the HV could monitor for alarm trigger events and
> send
> > emails/sms/voice calls, etc. The HV could also maintain a central
> log of
> > alarm events, which I could make available on the web-server.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your input on any or all of the above!
> >
> > Happy automating
> >
> > Regards Steve
>
>
>
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