> > > > I thought CUPS was *the* way to print on Linux. Is there > > > > another solution that would work better with Net::Printer? > > > > > > CUPS is the latest in a long string of different print systems, > > > all trying to solve this infernally difficult problem called > > > putting dots on the right place on a bit of paper. And all > > > systems seem to fail at it. > > > > > > Admittedly, CUPS is better than most and to my mind best suited > > > to modern printing needs. What amuses me is what kind of project > > > would recommend you not use CUPS, and what is their reasoning? > > > > What they've suggested is that using lpr on the remote system and > > opening port 631 to the world is a bad idea and that it's much > > better to use Net::Printer. Would you agree? > > I don't know Net::Printer, but if it prints over the network - as the > name implies - it has to use a port. So you have to open that port. > That's how TCP/IP works. No way around it. > > Certainly, the organisation you are working in is behind a firewall > that allows pretty little from the outside to the inside. (If not so, > their network administrator or external consultant or or or should be > beaten over his head until he can spell "Bruce Schneier".) So you are > *not* opening port 631 to the world. > > You are certainly opening it to your organisation. I have messed up my > CUPS configuration right now and can't look it up for sure but I > remember CUPS being able to listen only to certain hosts (IP > addresses) other than localhost. If if this is not so, you can still > set up a firewall on the client box (the one that is supposed to do > the printing) that allows only your server to connect to port 631 on > it. > > If someone then argues about source IP spoofing, just let him. If > someone in your organisation is able to do it, make him your network > admin. ;-)
You're right, access to the printer can be given only to certain hosts. So simply using 'lpr file.pdf' on the remote machine doesn't strike you as a bad idea? - Grant -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
