[mythtv-users] How to set up remote access to mythweb?

[Jeffrey J. Kosowsky]

Brian Wood wrote at about 14:32:10 -0700 on Saturday, December 6, 2008:
 > On Saturday 06 December 2008 14:26:02 Craig Huff wrote:
 > > Okay, I have read several wiki entries on the mythweb site, but I
 > > haven't been able to wrap my head around how to accomplish this.  I
 > > have an internet connection with a major ISP which includes a DHCP
 > > connection, so no static IP address on the net.  My Myth system is
 > > behind a firewall/router.  The good news is the firewall/router has
 > > two capabilities I think will be useful in accomplishing this, but I'm
 > > not sure how to connect all the dots.  It can support a DynDNS setup
 > > and it can do what I think is called port-forwarding -- allowing
 > > incoming traffic on a particular port go to a particular system behind
 > > the firewall.
 > >
 > > So, what are the steps required to be able to browse my mythweb page
 > > from a system outside my LAN, such as when I'm visiting my parents,
 > > etc.?
 > 
 > 
 > Have your router/firewall send any port 80 traffic to the Myth box.
 > 
 > Make sure you have some sort of access restriction, or the googlebot will hit 
 > every "delete this file" link and cause bad things to happen.

That's hilarious (sorry for laughing) but has this ever happened in
reality to anyone?