[nzlug] remote access to my home machine

[Simon]

On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 23:29 +1200, Andrew Bruce wrote:
> Putty (SSH Client) will run off a USB key, without requiring an install 
> to the local system.  You would need to forward the SSH port (22) from 
> your router to your internal box.  I would recommend setting it up so 
> that you do something like access the connection from the outside on 
> port 2222 and map this to port 22 on your machine when you do the 
> forward (this will help with people trying to brute force into your 
> box).  The problem with this method is that the hospital may block 
> access to the outside, on ports that they can't control.
> 
> Alternatively, if the WindowsXP box will allow you access to the command 
> prompt (Start > Run > cmd) then you can use the built in console FTP client.

Couldn't find a dos prompt, and the box has no USB port, no floppy, and
no optical drive. Where are all these hackable systems when you need
them?

hmmm... can you actually turn off the terminal in XP: doesn't it need
command.com? Perhaps it is just the menu entry that is removed?