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Posted by: Realitystorm on 2025-08-22 15:28:14
So you just used port forwarding? I had cyber security concerns with doing that, but hadn't looked in to it much yet. |
Posted by: mikes-macs on 2025-08-22 19:47:42
Yea security concerns for sure. I’m sure a VPN would be more secure I didn’t have the capability to do a VPN on both sides.
If I’m not mistaken this is how GlobalTalk works? |
Posted by: Realitystorm on 2025-08-23 05:40:15
Yea security concerns for sure. I’m sure a VPN would be more secure I didn’t have the capability to do a VPN on both sides.
If I’m not mistaken this is how GlobalTalk works? Risk is probably low, I doubt many of the modern automated attack programs would even know what to do with a classic mac if they came across one |
Posted by: robin-fo on 2025-08-23 05:56:32
Risk is probably low, I doubt many of the modern automated attack programs would even know what to do with a classic mac if they came across one Attack is probably less of an issue than eavesdropping.. |
Posted by: Realitystorm on 2025-08-23 06:31:13
True, I was more concerned about the Macintosh being a point of entry in to the rest of the network |
Posted by: mikes-macs on 2025-08-23 22:38:34
Now that I got that to work I decided to disconnect it and close the ports on the router. Just wanted to try it. Too insecure to leave.
I decided to use Apple Internet Router and the Wide Area Extension to tunnel AppleTalk over two subnets off from Mac OS X Server instead which is really useful.
2 subnets from Mac OS X Server via separate Ethernet ports.
Each subnet contain 68k Mac with AIR and Wide Area Extension installed tunneling AppleTalk. Each AIR Mac has string of PhoneNet compact Mac Clients. One AIR Mac has modem. Separate Mac SE calls into network and can see/connect to entire network. Brilliant!
The Mac clients with AppleShare Client 3.7.4 or higher and OpenTransport 1.2.1 or higher could always connect via IP across subnets but only to Macs with file sharing over IP ( Mac OS 9 and up), now all Macs populate in Chooser via AppleTalk where not so much before. Brilliant! |
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