[cobalt-users] Re: Remote Management-using GOTOMYPC.COM

["Cavan Kelly" <cavan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>Looks a great service ..... but assumes that
>>
>>a. Your Desktop PC is always connected to the Internet via Cable DSL etc.

>It also doesn't take into account that anyone with a DSL, Cable or any
>other "always on" connection had better be behind some sort of firewall...
>(using zone labs with great success here)...

Actually, it does take firewalls, nats, etc. into account.  I just read
through some of the docs and it appears that the software you install on the
host must comminicate with the web site and then, when you access the
website from a remote location, it is able to link you to your box.  Because
the connection is launched from machines inside your firewall there
shouldn't be a problem.

I haven't tried it but it sounds like a neat trick