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Skip The IP Address

Posted by Hemos on from the who-needs-'em dept.

j0hnyb1423 writes "Have you ever wanted to be able to connect to that stackless Snort or Hogwash box without walking over to it and plugging in a monitor and keyboard? Well, at last here's your answer - noiptun. Yes, it requires an IP stack to be compiled into the kernel but no IP addresses necessary on the real interface(s). And if stealth IDS setups aren't your bag, then you can at least use it to browse /. without having an IP bound to your linux workstation."

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  1. Re:It's backwards client server by ivan256 · · Score: 5, Informative

    What?

    The end that sits there passively waiting for someone to connect is called the "client", and the end you run when you want to talk is called the "server".

    That's not how X works, nor is the terminology backwards. In X, the resource that's being served is the terminal (the display and input devices). The server sits around waiting for the clients (applications) to connect to it.

    The problem is that you think server means remote and client means local, and that's just wrong; it's actually about who is providing resources and who is consuming them.