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Originally Posted by kiwipippa
My son has set up the calibre content server so it is accessible from outside our house. He tells me he used port forwarding on the router to do this. I can now access my books via the web from anywhere.
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Kudos to your son, well done.
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Originally Posted by kiwipippa
He has set up a password on the server, but is there anything else we (or rather he) can do to make it even more secure. And has anyone had an "attack" or similar because of port forwarding?
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Port forwarding is required for this and many other programs to operate. I think the security risk with the password set is minimal. Enjoy the content server feature built into calibre, he implemented it exactly as it was envisioned to be implemented.