Safest way of accessing a home computer from outside?

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• From: Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:29:46 +0000
• Organization: Trinity College Dublin
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What is the safest way of allowing access to a home system
from a remote computer?
I am running Fedora-6 and shorewall.

Any advice or suggestions gratefully received.

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