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    Spiceworks App - VPN Or No VPN?

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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender
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      Have them use the email but instead of sending to you, send to support, or whatever other address you setup.

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      • garak0410G
        garak0410 @Dashrender
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        @Dashrender said:

        Have them use the email but instead of sending to you, send to support, or whatever other address you setup.

        Tried that too...LOL. I am resigned to just keeping it as my own personal KB and I do love it...really helps a SOLO IT shop for sure. Since I've been test driving a Note 5 and contemplating leaving my beloved Windows Phone behind. The Spiceworks App (heck most of the missing apps_) has been like Christmas Morning to me. 🙂

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender @garak0410
          last edited by

          @garak0410 said:

          @Dashrender said:

          Have them use the email but instead of sending to you, send to support, or whatever other address you setup.

          Tried that too...LOL. I am resigned to just keeping it as my own personal KB and I do love it...really helps a SOLO IT shop for sure. Since I've been test driving a Note 5 and contemplating leaving my beloved Windows Phone behind. The Spiceworks App (heck most of the missing apps_) has been like Christmas Morning to me. 🙂

          LOL yeah I'd love to have my SB app back!

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          • garak0410G
            garak0410 @Dashrender
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            @Dashrender said:

            @garak0410 said:

            @Dashrender said:

            Have them use the email but instead of sending to you, send to support, or whatever other address you setup.

            Tried that too...LOL. I am resigned to just keeping it as my own personal KB and I do love it...really helps a SOLO IT shop for sure. Since I've been test driving a Note 5 and contemplating leaving my beloved Windows Phone behind. The Spiceworks App (heck most of the missing apps_) has been like Christmas Morning to me. 🙂

            LOL yeah I'd love to have my SB app back!

            Won't take thread off topic but it is hurting to move away from WP right now. 😞

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              WP?

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              • garak0410G
                garak0410 @scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                @scottalanmiller said:

                WP?

                Windows Phone... 🙂

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
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                  OH!!!

                  I could only think of WordPress and that made no sense.

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                    Carnival Boy @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    SSL is a form of VPN.

                    I think that's the key point. I didn't appreciate this until recently when I started a thread on ML. I think it was explained to me by @NetworkNerd, or maybe you. It put my mind at rest and I've since been happy to expose some of our internal web servers to the internet..

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @Carnival Boy
                      last edited by Dashrender

                      @Carnival-Boy said:

                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      SSL is a form of VPN.

                      I think that's the key point. I didn't appreciate this until recently when I started a thread on ML. I think it was explained to me by @NetworkNerd, or maybe you. It put my mind at rest and I've since been happy to expose some of our internal web servers to the internet..

                      The key in this regard is to not expose port 80. Though I'm sure hackers can still exploit flaws in the listener for SSL, when they exist.
                      The problem with not exposing port 80, when a user types in www.website.com they won't be automatically redirected to the SSL page, I'm pretty sure normally they get a page can't be displayed error.

                      I wonder, can most firewalls be setup to forward a port 80 request automatically to the designated SSL port? What am I asking, of course they can - is that common is the better question.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                        @Dashrender said:

                        I wonder, can most firewalls be setup to forward a port 80 request automatically to the designated SSL port? What am I asking, of course they can - is that common is the better question.

                        Yes, it is called port address translation (PAT) or port forwarding. I know of no router that cannot do this.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          @Dashrender said:

                          I wonder, can most firewalls be setup to forward a port 80 request automatically to the designated SSL port? What am I asking, of course they can - is that common is the better question.

                          Yes, it is called port address translation (PAT) or port forwarding. I know of no router that cannot do this.

                          Will the browser have any issue with the fact that it started an insecure connection, and the webserver is only talking a secure one?

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                            @Dashrender said:

                            Will the browser have any issue with the fact that it started an insecure connection, and the webserver is only talking a secure one?

                            No, the browser has no say.

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                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch @Dashrender
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                              @Dashrender said:

                              The key in this regard is to not expose port 80. Though I'm sure hackers can still exploit flaws in the listener for SSL, when they exist.

                              You can bind SSL to port 80 if you want. the browsers won't care.

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