Answered this specifically in an edit, and yep, you can’t do it.
Answered this specifically in an edit, and yep, you can’t do it.
I see the edit now thanks. The minimal reading I’d done suggested that you could use Port forwarding to provide access to a box behind the modem.
Would you have any recommendations for secure hosting if thats the case?
I’ve used site5.com for years, they’re very good and decently priced…BUT I’m not sure if there are any rules about the data he wants going overseas. Australian ISP’s are very expensive unfortunately.
You can probably get him a hosted VPS somewhere for not too much. Saves risking your home connection to exposure to fuckwits and what not.
E.g. something along this kind of hosting. VPS Australia - Virtual private servers in Australia | OVHcloud
This is a really important point. If you choose an overseas host, the data is subject to the laws in that host’s country, not Australia.
It may be worth clarifying if they want to know the source IP for the reason mentioned above: to ensure that the data remains onshore (admittedly this would be pretty pointless, as once you’ve got the data, there’s nothing stopping you from the transferring it offshore).
It seems a bit onerous (on their part) to provide access to this data via a public API, but then whitelist every client IP address that want to use it
So my point is, maybe it would be sufficient to tell them the IP range that your ISP/NBN allocates to its customers (rather than an explicit address), which I assume you could ask your ISP to advise; just so that QEC can check that it’s an Australian ISP?
I would guess they have rules that prevent them from explicitly sending data offshore as the onus would be on them if it’s used nefariously. In this way, they can at least stay “separate” and blame someone else.
I’m guessing they need the IP to allow you access to the live data source, so a range would open up too many.
Dr Google tells me Telstra allow you to have a static ip for $10/month.
That still won’t work I think, the IP will be for the router and the requests will come from the server which will have a different IP address (a NAT address) and the data source will reject the request. (I’m making some assumptions but I’m pretty confident)
Edit: This comment is factually incorrect, modern NAT does not store internal routing info in packets, it uses request tables to track and route traffic.
At which point do you just say watch Anthony Green like the rest of us?
So long as you’ve got the right port forwarded to the server inside the internal network should be okay?
Based on the assumption that the validation is against the request IP address, that won’t work, the server will have an IP address that is different to the router. Port forwarding is a solution for this, but if port forwarding was part of the QEC solution they wouldn’t require a fixed IP address, probably because they care about where the data is going. Most port forwarding solutions are designed for retail products or products with low/no security requirements.
So at the start of covid my work phone (Iphone SE) battery was going to hell. When I went to IT they just gave me a new phone. I said I would dispose of the old phone for them.
Now deary me it’s seems I forgot … Now the battery is still borked, but I can set it up as a music player and offline map GPS and have it plugged into the car it should go alright. Maybe just as a back up.
But it’s still connected to my old work apple account.
If I go in and do a full reset on it it will delete the contacts, calendar events and apple ID? And I can rework it with my personal ID?
And if that works check out the feasibility of replacing the battery?
You can definitely do that, yes it will delete everything, and a battery replacement shouldn’t be too expensive either.
Yep but you’ll need the password to the account you’re going to remove.
And if they have two factor on it, you’ll need to get the code.
Fuck. It could be anyone of 25 permutations of the password!
Surely you just do the usual point of having a password with a number that first start 01 and then increase it sequentially with each update?
Well, I’m not admitting to that in public …
From what I’ve seen before the static IP sits up from the router at the modem no? Even if it’s a combo modem/router unit the outbound is a single IP. Any traffic out had the static address regardless of the source machine inside the local network.
Though I am certainly a networking layperson!
It’s crazy based on where we came from the but the safest thing these days is to write them down on a piece of paper and keep it at home!