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[bhorne at banet.net (Bill Horne)]

I suggest that we put this topic on the list of things for future 
meetings. I think there's enough interest in "home server" stuff to 
have at least one meeting on it.

Bill Horne


Lars Kellogg-Stedman wrote:
> 
> > samba server, which is a box on the floor, plugged into the network,
> > to answer telnet only to my desktop box.
> > [...]
> > Are there other ways to do the admin?  I don't
> > need X, just command line stuff.  For instance, serial connections or
> > something similar?
> 
> A serial connection will certainly work -- I've got an old VT220 terminal
> attached to my gateway box.  However, I use it only in emergencies (i.e.,
> if the network has died, or I've horked the system with an improperly
> configured kernel).
> 
> My personal preference is to use ssh (the secure shell program), which lets
> one connect to a remote host using an encrypted channel so that one's
> password can't be sniffed over the wire.
> 
> This means I can access my gateway box (and my internal network) remotely
> without worrying about nasties in the intervening networks.
> 
> ssh has several other features that make it a good choice for remote access
> in general:
> 
>   (1) ssh takes care of X11 forwarding automatically (and securely).
>       X connections are forwarded over your secure connection, so
>       (a) you don't have to set anything up manually, and (b) noone
>       is going to be able to sniff your X session.
> 
>   (2) ssh can be used to provide generic port-forwarding services; that is,
>       you can set it up so that (for instance) connection to port 143 on
>       your gateway box will actually connection you to an IMAP server at
>       work -- at the same time encrypting all your traffic between the
>       gateway box and some other system at work.
> 
>   (3) ssh has flexible authentication options.  Besides using passwords,
>       you can also use a public/private key mechanism that can be
>       especially convenient if you're making lots of connections and are
>       tired of having to type your password everytime.  Using the RSA
>       method, you can authenticate once to your local ssh software and then
>       connection to properly configured systems without having to
>       re-authenticate.
> 
> There are ssh rpms for RedHat available from ftp.zedz.net.  You may also
> want to check out OpenSSH, based on code from the OpenBSD folks, at
> 
>   http://violet.ibs.com.au/openssh/
> 
> -- Lars
> 
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> Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars at larsshack.org> --> http://www.larsshack.org/
> 
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