[Rails] Re: Methods to access device IP inside a firewall through production ROR app

Gregory Perrin wrote in post #1102504:
> I have a ROR application that needs to access a device with it's own IP
> within my firewall. Within the network, the device IP is accessible
> through
> Ruby scripts utilizing TCP/IP protocol. I need a list of possible
> methods
> and implementations ( NOT PORT FORWARDING ) to spin a server behind this
> firewall to serve up data to the ROR application when it is on a
> production
> server. Anyone with any ideas please let me know.

I hope the answer to this question is that there are absolutely NO
methods or implementations to solve this "problem." This is the whole
point to a firewall! If you could gain access to the machines behind a
firewall then there's absolutely no point whatsoever in having a
firewall in the first place.

There's a name for applications that do exactly this. They're called
malware!

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