Access from Internet ??

Access from Internet ??

[Tim]

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Hey ppl,

A quick question: what tools are available to be able to access the Iptables/Netfilter box securely from the Internet in order to remotely manage iptables. I know of ssh, is there any other(s)?

TIA
Tim --Mia/Fla

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RE: Access from Internet ??

[Rowan Reid]

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Open SSH - Secure Shell Login 

A quick question: what tools are available to be able to access the
Iptables/Netfilter box securely from the Internet in order to remotely
manage iptables. I know of ssh, is there any other(s)?
 
TIA
Tim --Mia/Fla


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Re: Access from Internet ??

[Antony Stone]

On Friday 06 September 2002 12:38 am, Rowan Reid wrote:

> Open SSH - Secure Shell Login
>
> A quick question: what tools are available to be able to access the
> Iptables/Netfilter box securely from the Internet in order to remotely
> manage iptables. I know of ssh, is there any other(s)?

SSH is almost certainly your best bet.   It gives you a command-line login, 
which is just what you need for iptables.   You can also tunnel other things 
through it if you decide you need some other connection as well.

Alternatives might be:

https if you have some way to manage iptables through a browser (!?)
IPsec if you want to have a secure connection to your box for all protocols

Both of these are probably more trouble than they're worth to set up, 
compared to SSH, though.

Antony.

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