>> No, I mean there's a *hardware* firewall in the way. You know, with the
>> big Cisco sticker on it and the 3-digit price tag? (Although obviously
>> that's only because I'm at work right now. My house doesn't have one of
>> those...)
>
>    And that hardware firewall is completely incapable of forwarding ssh
> connections? Pretty useless, I'd say.

No, I don't have the password to configure it. (And besides, have *you* 
tried configuring Cisco stuff? It's not exactly intuitive. You probably 
need Certified Engineer status to figure it out.)

>> Actually, I was wondering... can you use rsync to synchronise, say, the
>> files on an external storage device? Or does it only work if the other
>> endpoint is a *computer*?
>
>    Try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync

Hmm, interesting. It looks like this might be a convenient way to update 
my MP3 player...

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