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

[NeroZero]

thx, what is a script kiddie? would you say that not just the printer
but also the localhost:631 is exposed then 4 attacks??

gene.heskett at verizon.net wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 November 2006 08:58, NeroZero wrote:
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>> 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?
>>
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> 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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