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Need suggestions for demo'ing client work securely



I set up OpenVPN recently, and found it to be straightforward and 
reliable. Authentication is based on SSL certificates; both ends 
authenticate each other.

In the past I would set up dozens of ssh tunnels to access various 
services I run from my home network. OpenVPN simplifies things immensely.

Derek Atkins wrote:
> .htaccess files?
> ssl + certificates?
> 
> -derek
> 
> Quoting kirblam at comcast.net:
> 
>> Hi Linux experts,
>>
>> I have a client that has a Linux based site, Apache, PHP and MySQL. I 
>> managed to get most of the site running locally on my machine, get it 
>> into CVS, make enhancements etc.
>>
>> They do not have a deployment environment yet and don't have a VPN. 
>> They're a stable but small dot com - money's an issue but at least 
>> they pay on time.
>>
>> In the short term, I'll open up port 80 on my router and forward 
>> traffic to the Suse box. There are obvious reasons this isn't optimal. 
>> I'll shut it down when the client isn't online.
>>
>> Basically, I'm looking for suggestions for demo'ing client work that's 
>> more secure than simply opening up port 80. And I'd like to assume 
>> that there could be more than one client in the future so it should be 
>> something that could be repeated "n" times.
>>
>> I have a Suse 9.3 box running behind a Linksys WRT54GS. My ISP is 
>> Comcast.
>> My skills are mainly web development (12 years) not administration 
>> although I've been using and working in *nix for that same period of 
>> time.
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>> jk
>>
>>
>>
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> 
> 
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