Can I use OptimalGrid through firewalls?
The short answer is: No. The first release of OptimalGrid is meant to be used in an INTRA-net setting, meaning, we have no specific firewall support and we make no guarantees about this working on the wild and woolly Internet. That said, we have run applications in the past that run inside a firewall and talk to a whiteboard (a TSpaces server) that is outside the firewall. When the conversation is initiated from inside the firewall, the connection (and session) is allowed. So, while it is certainly possible to get this running so that parts of the system are inside a firewall and other parts are outside, we make no guarantees or promises that you can get it to work in anything but an intranet setting. In fact, if any users do successfully deploy a multi-part OptimalGrid system, with some parts inside a firewall and other parts outside, we’ll be happy to post your design and implementation steps on our website for others to see and admire.
