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Internet printing
From: John Lightfoot <jdltx () yahoo com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:42:19 -0700 (PDT)
I have a home network which I believe is reasonably secure. I connect my work laptop to it when I'm home. My employer requires a VPN to connect to our email server or other resources on the network, and the VPN software disables the feature to bridge to my local network. I would like to be able to print to one of my networked home printers while connected to work via the VPN. The only way I can think to do this is to make my printer available over the Internet, but I'm concerned about the security implications of doing so. Is this a major risk? Are there best practice guides for securing IP printing to which someone could direct me? I'd be willing to put up with the chance of a little printer spam in exchange for the convenience of being able to print whenever I want, but not if I'm opening a big security hole in my network. Thanks for any insight. __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com
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