On 02/26/2011 03:56 PM, Jason Hsu wrote: > I've learned how to turn an old computer into a firewall and DHCP server for > my tiny home network. > > I understand that I can install an SSH server on this machine so that I can > access it from outside. Once I have this SSH server connected to the > Internet, how do I access it from another location? I have DSL broadband > service, but I don't think I have a static IP address.
Open up port 22 in your firewall, and find out what your IP address is. If you don't have a static IP, you can check out many of the dynamic DNS services available, such as dyndns.org. You could also install OpenVPN, and get full unfettered access to your internal home network. Of course, you would have to punch open port 1194 to get access. Either way, you're exposing your internal network to the Internet if you don't have good security procedures in place. Have a strong password (I recommend http://passwordcard.org), chroot jail your daemon, use remote logging, and take advantage of strict firewalls. In other words, lock it down. -- . o . o . o . . o o . . . o . . . o . o o o . o . o o . . o o o o . o . . o o o o . o o o
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