Re: Internet printing

[Kilaru Sambaiah <sambaiah () antaares com>]

John Lightfoot wrote:

> 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.
>
>  
Hi,
 You didn't mention any OS. You can control your printer
if you know from which IP you wanted to print.

Cups seems to be best bet on nix systems.

sam