[cups.general] socket://Internet-IP:631 does not reach localhost:631

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 01 November 2006 10:19, NeroZero wrote:
>thx, what is a script kiddie? would you say that not just the printer
>but also the localhost:631 is exposed then 4 attacks??

I'd expect one of them might figure it out eventually.  Buffer overflows 
are a favorite tactic.

>gene.heskett at verizon.net wrote:
>> On Wednesday 01 November 2006 08:58, NeroZero wrote:
>>> I am having a router that connects via DSl to the internet! On it is
>>> my PC where I run cups! Now I want my printer to be reached from the
>>> internet: i told my router to forward all TCP to internet-IP:631 to
>>> localhost:631! now why does it not work and the regular localhost:631
>>> in the WWW browser does not appear. The attempt all but times out...
>>> Can it be that there is a configuration settings of cups that does not
>>> accept printing requests from out of the current subnet? How would I
>>> change this?
>>
>> Yes, if you pull /etc/cups/cupsd.conf into an editor and read the
>> comments it should become much clearer regarding what you want to do.
>>
>> However, I'd never expose a printer to the internet, paper and ink
>> costs enough as it is.  Get it behind some sort of a password
>> protection and use strong passwords to protect it from the script
>> kiddies.  Some of that setup can also be done in this same file, but it
>> isn't as well documented as it could be.

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