> As a independent consultant, most companies over the years frown on remote > work. So I've mostly gotten stuck driving a lot, or working on things nobody > else (sane) would touch. So one does develop thick skin; but most of this > work was engineering hardware or embedded systems. It's even worse if you > are an employee. So, in the past I just dedicated a windoze machine > and linux machine where needed on fresh installs for their peace of mind. > Granted, I only had a few customers at any given time, so traditional > backups completed the remote work environment. I'd like to move into 2016 > and the cloud using the latest of what is available for remote workers. > > > So for 18 months now, I have been poking around extensively in the > cluster/cloud space. Remote work is mostly mandatory; it fits in with their > business model and devops needs. Since January, 2016, I've had an explosion > of remote opportunities, to the point that something fundamental here in the > US has changed with remote work. So Kudos to Grant for starting this thread > and I deeply appreciate what everyone has contributed. I am hoping that the > 'corporate folks' have a solution for remote workers (employees or > contractors) so I do not have to be responsible for that security design of > the remote component. I have my doubts. There is also an dramatic up-tick in > using gentoo in cluster/cloud solutions from my perspective. When I suggest > folks benchmark their codes on the platforms they are running on and then > gentoo underneath, most ceed that ground without testing. The few that do > test, once they get past the bitching on installing gentoo, are quite amazed > at the performance gains using gentoo under their cluster/cloud. > > > What I hope is that a companion-reference iptables/nftable configuration > and the options from this thread make it to the gentoo wiki. I have have > static IPs at home and fiber so a solution for that scenario is keenly > appreciated, just in case the companies I work for do not have something > robust that allows a gentoo workstation to be a remote work companion to > whatever they use (windoze, chrome, apple, etc) for a secure solution via > remote work connections.
This is really interesting stuff, thank you James. - Grant
