Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 02:26:22 -0700 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> To: paz <paz@apriori.net> Cc: Blake Freeburg <blakef@mrdata.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: web-based mail software Message-ID: <19990730022622.A391@forty-two.egroups.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907292356330.11954-100000@gw.apriori.net>; from paz on Fri, Jul 30, 1999 at 12:09:31AM -0400 References: <199907291915.OAA98829@mrdata.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907292356330.11954-100000@gw.apriori.net>
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On Fri, Jul 30, 1999 at 12:09:31AM -0400, paz wrote:
>
> BTW, I'm aware of some of the issues regarding security and web-mail
> interface software. I'm willing to risk it for the convenience of
> accessing my mail remotely. I doubt that I would be able to telnet back
> into my server while I'm at work or away from home that much longer,
> considering the trend for employers to install more and more stiff
> firewalls - often barring telnet entirely. It would be wise for a FreeBSD
> port of IMP (for example) to include a rudimentary warning to the unwary.
You should be using ssh (/usr/ports/security/ssh), not telnet. A neat
trick you can then play is to find out what ports are open on your
firewall and set up sshd to use one of those. You can then give the -P
and/or -p options to ssh and gain access to your box.
From ssh(1):
-p port
Port to connect to on the remote host. This can be
specified on a per-host basis in the configuration
file.
-P Use non privileged port. With this you cannot use
rhosts or rsarhosts authentications, but it can be
used to bypass some firewalls that dont allow priv-
ileged source ports to pass.
Greg
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