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Date:      Sat, 6 Nov 1999 08:30:43 -0600 (CST)
From:      Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net>
To:        "Istvan A. Fulop" <ifulop@interware.hu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: System administration via a modem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.4.05.9911060812110.12299-100000@earth.wnm.net>

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> I would like to set up a web server using freebsd. The box will be
> hosted at an isp, but it seems like I will have to do all the
> administration via a modem from home (otherwise I would have to shut
> down the server each time I need to administer it, due to the policy of
> the isp, resulting in no server-response for at least half an hour each
> day).

Braindead policy, get a better provider. My customers would kill me if I
made them take down their commercial, revenue-generating servers for half
an hour each time they touched them. Seriously...

> I would like to know if this administration could be done with
> reasonable security somehow, and if so, how.

SSH. You may have to buy SecureCRT or F-Secure for your windows box at
home but it's the only way to go.

-ac

-- 
Alex Charalabidis
WebNet Memphis
(901) 432-6000




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