Re: IPMasqing NFS

[Chris Majewski <majewski@cs.ubc.ca>]

Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com> writes:

> You can export nfs from home as read-only and that may work ok.  I can't
> give you an exact port number because I haven't tried this myself, and I
> believe nfsd's port changes.
> 
> run netstat and grep for udp listening sockets, on your nfs server.
> 
> OTOH, you will gain much more than just nfs if you setup a VPN.

I'm  going through  a gateway/firewall  which does  port  forwarding /
ipmasq / NAT / ...  Isn't "VPN" just microsoft terminology for exactly
that, or is it something else? 

-chris