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

[James]

lee <lee <at> yagibdah.de> writes:


> > Windows has RDP, which is a lot better than VNC. Especially when
> > dealing with low-bandwidth connections.
>
> Wasn't RPD deprecated earlier in this discussion because it seemed to be
> not sufficiently secure?

Has anyone had experience with Thinlinc ? [1] 

It seems to have commerial (binary) support as well as a list of open source
components one can use. Is it secure, I don't know, I just ran across it.


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.

(thanks again Grant),
James

[1] http://www.cendio.com/seamlessrdp