On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 01:50:24AM -0800, erikmccaskey64 wrote: > Main question: is it safe, to open a port for an openssl server?
It may be safe not to open a port because it can cause attacks. It may not be safe to close a port because you may not be able to run the service. So it may be safe to open and protect yourself. > Is it secure? - it could be DOSed' [DenialofService] or could it be attacked > in any way? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack > Are there any iptables rule for restricting connections to dyndns names? Look and see if the following link helps. http://lists.netfilter.org/pipermail/netfilter/2002-March/031869.html > How could i restrict the openssl server to only accept traffic from given > clients? Please help me "think".. > > Or are there any "production ready" methods, that can do authentication too? > [+using ssl]. > "openssl s_server" and "openssl s_client" would be perfect, but the problem > is it doesn't has username/password auth :\ http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Apache/apache-SSL.html Following the above may help you. /Jeffrin. -- software engineer. department of computer science rajagiri school of engineering and technology. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110227194549.ga4...@debian.jeff
