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Remote connection over internet? (aussie.zone)

submitted 2 days ago by 18107@aussie.zone to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I'm going to be away from home for a few weeks and would like to access my computer (LMDE) while I'm away. Remote desktop connection would be ideal, just file transfer would be acceptable.

Is a VPN necessary, or can port forwarding be good enough for a one time use?

What software/networking recommendations do you have?

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz [B] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
AP	WiFi Access Point
CGNAT	Carrier-Grade NAT
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
ISP	Internet Service Provider
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NAT	Network Address Translation
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
VNC	Virtual Network Computing for remote desktop access
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

10 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 8 acronyms.

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