Re: Re: External access to cortex

["Jon Wilkins" <jonpdwilkins@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm..

Sounds like my best bet will be to see if I can get the php scripts on my
exposed web server  parsing & requesting correctly.

I've never yet had a reason to fully understand XML/XSL (it's pretty much
the one grey area of web technology to me .. ).  Now (or soon) perhaps the
time to learn.  I've just found the XSL selection dialog (there is SO much
in cortex!) and I can see the XSLs are probably a way for me to cut down to
exactly what I need to expose.

Though there's no question of exposing Cortex externally (dont want spotty
net oiks turning off my heating!) --- nothing other than my server will be
allowed to connect, and that will be moved into a DMZ once I've got
appropriate cabling run.  Initially it was going to straddle DMZ/private
but
with hindsight I should use a separate reverse proxy as you mention -- to
keep machine count & power down I'd probably use Zen/VMware &
separate
interfaces (bridge not route).

Things to think about when work gets dull...

It sounds like what I want to do (simple connections from another machine)
are probably do-able, just need to find the least painful way to do it.

jon


On Dec 1, 2007 11:57 PM, David Gumbrell <david.gumbrell@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

>   I'm not much of a web guy (more from lack of time than anything
else),
> but I
> was planning to put a reverse proxy in my DMZ rather than expose
Cortex
> directly.
>
> I think that the web pages are generated by processing the XML with
XSL,
> and
> there is an alternate "phone" page supplied, and I
understand that you
> could
> tweak the xsl to get what you needed. What I don't know is whether you
can
> create many alternate stylings for multiple different purposes.
>
> Cheers
>
> David
>
>
> On 01/12/2007, Jon Wilkins
<jonpdwilkins@xxxxxxx<jonpdwilkins%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> > My public-facing server is php/apache on linux, so I am hoping
that I
> > can
> > avoid the need for an windows-based intergration layer -- I can
hack the
> > appropriate php but last time did any serious windows development
was
> 8-10
> > years ago !!!
> >
> > XML sounds like a hopeful route ... I'm not wanting to do much
other
> than
> > a
> > small number of set things (disable heat/water for X days) so
hopefully
> > that'll keep it simple. Though doubtless as soon as I manage to
get that
> > happening I'd find many other good-to-do ideas....
> >
> > On Dec 1, 2007 6:54 PM, Paul Bendall <
paul@xxxxxxx<paul%40lexfordparc.co.uk>
> <paul%40lexfordparc.co.uk>>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
>
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