Yes, Putty can do it.
On Saturday 12 February 2005 09:47 pm, Kevin Toppenberg wrote:
> OK, now I think I am following you. I wasn't thinking
> of port forwarding as tunneling. Sorry. I think you
> would have to do that, as someone wrote that the RPC
> broker communications are in clear-text. But right
> now I don't know how to do port forwarding with SSH.
> Can PuTTY do this?
>
> Kevin
>
> --- Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Yes, I have done that - put the server out in the
> > DMZ and had someone connect
> > CPRS to it, but I did not consider what I did to be
> > secure. However, with
> > port forwarding (tunneling), and private key public
> > key authentication, I
> > think it could be made secure. I think what you have
> > done to CPRS combined
> > with port forwarding could solve the problem that
> > Shaun Wagner had with the
> > rural hospitals that he was so frustrated with when
> > the hospitals would not
> > support his use of CPRS.
> >
> > On Saturday 12 February 2005 09:12 am, Kevin
> >
> > Toppenberg wrote:
> > > Nancy,
> > >
> > > I'm still not completely following you here. I
> >
> > think
> >
> > > you are saying that you want to set up one server
> >
> > that
> >
> > > everyone could connect to, so we could colaborate.
> > >
> > > The only need for port forwarding would be if the
> > > server is behind a firewall. But one could also
> >
> > make
> >
> > > the server secure (i.e. shut down all insecure
> >
> > ports),
> >
> > > and then specify to the firewall that this server
> >
> > is
> >
> > > the DMZ server. All unexpected traffic would be
> >
> > sent
> >
> > > to the server.
> > >
> > > I'm wondering if we are talking about the same
> >
> > thing
> >
> > > when you use the term 'port forwarding'.
> > >
> > > Kevin
> > >
> > > --- Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > > Just speculating on remote connections securely,
> > > > using open source resources,
> > > > over an Internet connection. I think port
> > > > forwarding would work, but for
> > > > that, you need a fixed port, so I am wondering
> >
> > about
> >
> > > > whether or not there is
> > > > a way to do it without having to fix up and
> > > > recompile CPRSChart every time a
> > > > new one is released.
> > > >
> > > > Do you remember the post I passed on from Joel
> >
> > Ivey
> >
> > > > around Dec 21 that made it sound as if that port
> > > > issue was going to be
> > > > addressed?
> > > >
> > > > ************************************
> > > > Subject: Re: CPRS and a single port
> > > >
> > > > > If it is not too complicated or confidential
> >
> > to
> >
> > > > explain, could you give me
> > > >
> > > > >an overview of your solution?
> > > >
> > > > None of our work, as far as I am concerned is
> > > > confidential. We release all
> > > > of our source code and appreciate any feedback
> >
> > as
> >
> > > > well.
> > > >
> > > > The solution that we chose was to use a UCX-type
> > > > listener on the server (on
> > > > VAX and I believe GT.M) that does not require a
> > > > callback and is similar to
> > > > the type of connection made with telnet. This
> >
> > and
> >
> > > > the use of different
> > > > initial headers ( {XWB} vs [XWB] (new style) vs
> > > > <XWB> (M2M broker) ) also
> > > > provides the ability to differentiate between
> >
> > the
> >
> > > > old style connection and
> > > > the new style so that some new parameter types
> >
> > could
> >
> > > > be added for data
> > > > transfer (e.g., a global list in addition to a
> > > > list). On NT, I believe the
> > > > connection as it is made spawns off a new
> >
> > listener,
> >
> > > > so that it does not have
> > > > to do a callback as well.
> > > > ****************************
> > > >
> > > > Well, I thought maybe this addressed it. The
> > > > trouble is, I did not entirely
> > > > understand Joel's answer to my question and I do
> >
> > not
> >
> > > > understand exactly what
> > > > this patch does either.
> > > >
> > > > If we could securely connect using port
> >
> > forwarding
> >
> > > > to a server and have lots
> > > > of people work on configuring VistA and then
> > > > checking out the results with
> > > > CPRS and all, it might improve our ability to
> >
> > move
> >
> > > > along Open Source
> > > > development efforts.
> > > >
> > > > On Friday 11 February 2005 09:52 pm, Kevin
> > > >
> > > > Toppenberg wrote:
> > > > > Nancy,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm too lazy to read the documentation right
> >
> > now.
> >
> > > > But
> > > >
> > > > > I will tell you that I'm pretty sure that the
> > > >
> > > > client
> > > >
> > > > > specifies which port the server is to call
> >
> > back
> >
> > > > on.
> > > >
> > > > > So I don't know that a server patch would fix
> > > >
> > > > that.
> > > >
> > > > > What is your motivation in this issue? What
> > > >
> > > > problem
> > > >
> > > > > are you working on?
> > > > >
> > > > > Kevin
> > > > >
> > > > > --- Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Is this patch the patch to allow connections
> >
> > on
> >
> > > > a
> > > >
> > > > > > limited number of ports? I
> > > > > > can't quite follow all of it, so I would
> >
> > like a
> >
> > > > guru
> > > >
> > > > > > to explain it in a way I
> > > > > > can follow, please - i.e., dumb it down big
> > > >
> > > > time,
> > > >
> > > > > > please. The documentation
> > > > > > is in the RPC Broker section of the VDL.
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Nancy Anthracite
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