Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Allow work from home?

[Grant]

> As a independent consultant, most companies over the years frown on remote
> work. So I've mostly gotten stuck driving a lot, or working on things nobody
> else (sane) would touch. So one does develop thick skin; but most of this
> work was engineering hardware or embedded systems. It's even worse if you
> are an employee. So, in the past I just dedicated a windoze machine
> and linux machine where needed on fresh installs for their peace of mind.
> Granted, I only had a few customers at any given time, so traditional
> backups completed the remote work environment. I'd like to move into 2016
> and the cloud using the latest of what is available for remote workers.
>
>
> So for 18 months now, I have been poking around extensively in the
> cluster/cloud space. Remote work is mostly mandatory; it fits in with their
> business model and devops needs. Since January, 2016, I've had an explosion
> of remote opportunities, to the point that something fundamental here in the
> US has changed with remote work. So Kudos to Grant for starting this thread
> and I deeply appreciate what everyone has contributed. I am hoping that the
> 'corporate folks' have a solution for remote workers (employees  or
> contractors) so I do not have to be responsible for that security design of
> the remote component. I have my doubts. There is also an dramatic up-tick in
> using gentoo in cluster/cloud solutions from my perspective. When I suggest
> folks benchmark their codes on the platforms they are running on and then
> gentoo underneath, most ceed that ground without testing. The few that do
> test, once they get past the bitching on installing gentoo, are quite amazed
> at the performance gains using gentoo under their cluster/cloud.
>
>
> What I hope is that a companion-reference  iptables/nftable configuration
> and the options from this thread make it to the gentoo wiki. I have have
> static IPs at home and fiber  so a solution for that scenario is keenly
> appreciated, just in case the companies I work for do not have something
> robust that allows a gentoo workstation to be a remote work companion to
> whatever they use (windoze, chrome, apple, etc) for a secure solution via
> remote work connections.


This is really interesting stuff, thank you James.

- Grant