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Re: [LUG] OT: working abroad

 


On 14/08/2018 11:41, Tom via list wrote:
Off on holidays and need to be able to contact our house sitters. Last time I went abroad all my webmail etc refused to work because I was abroad and as I dont bother with a phone abroad there was no way of getting things working again. Anyone know of a way of kicking gmail/yahoo etc to work when not in the UK?

Tom te tom te tom


I leave my desktop computer on when I am away and then ssh into it and ssh tunnel a remote desktop, so as far as any site on the Internet is concerned I'm still at home checking my email and reading BBC news without adverts.

Appreciate you either need a static IP or a dynamicdns client running on your desktop to ensure your desktop is reachable, and you would need to port-forward your ssh port on your desktop on your Cable/DSL router.

<message written while away from home, via SSH tunnel & remote desktop>

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