Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: Firewalls, Hooray

Author:William Crim
Posted:5/5/2000; 3:53:13 PM
Topic:scriptingNews outline for 5/5/2000
Msg #:17023 (In response to 17020)
Prev/Next:17022 / 17024

So you are saying that the reasonable solution is to punch a hole in the firewall for each user who wants to use Pike? Doesn't this strike you as an odd thing to do to support a writing tool?

A better solution is to make Pike use a Two-way protocol, rather than 2 one-way ones. Then, Pike can attach to a server, and they can talk back and forth on that connection. Many other programs do this, telnet, ftp, quake, etc.

If I make a car that can't fit down normal city streets, I don't tell my customers to call the highway department and complain. Firewalls are a fact of internet life and an important part of ANY network security measure. NAT is a fact of internet life as well.

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