I’m going to be away from home for a few weeks and would like to access my computer (LMDE) while I’m away. Remote desktop connection would be ideal, just file transfer would be acceptable.
Is a VPN necessary, or can port forwarding be good enough for a one time use?
What software/networking recommendations do you have?
That sounds…not…smart…
I think it’s fine. Want to explain why you think that it’s an issue?
Why? It sounds fine to me. OpenSSH is the standard for secure remote access. And port forwarding works great.