Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 22:48:32 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Ryan Masse" <rmasse@mastery.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nfs Message-ID: <15171.58256.174992.255225@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <73304284@toto.iv>
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Ryan Masse <rmasse@mastery.ca> types: > is it possible to run nfs over an internet presence securely? would > firewalling out everybody but the destination source be effective enough in > securing the connection? i'm brainstorming ways of sending the output of an > ifconfig statement from my home gateway to that of my webserver and being > able to view the contents via a web browser. reason being is that for the > life of me i can't get ddns to work and its a pain to discover my ip when i > need information on my home lan. > > any other suggestions to helping my problem would be appreciated How about just setting up a CGI script on your webserer that saved the address of your lan? Something like: #!/bin/sh echo "My home lan's IP is $REMOTE_ADDR" > $HOME/LAN_IP Then have your home machine fetch that URL on boot up, or every hour or whatever if your IP address can change without rebooting your machine. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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