Hi Brad, >> But why do you want to connect to your accesspoint from the Bering- >> uClibc system instead of from a host pc? > >There is no host pc on this remote network ... just the firewall, an >access point and clients. So there isn't really another option for me. > > >According to http://busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html , >there is a telnet client in busybox in addition to the server. >...tee, telnet, telnetd, test, ... > >If it's okay to have an ssh client on a firewall, I'm not sure i >understand why it's not okay to have a telnet client. Surely you don't >want a telnet server. > It's also not a good idea to have a ssh client on a firewall. If someone manage to break into your firewall you don't want him to have tools to hop further.
>I don't know much about busybox - but i guess it would be possible to >ship a busybox+ package that replaces the /bin/busybox executable with >one having more features. So you wouldn't have to include it in the >default install. > The busybox program is part of initrd.lrp and the busybox symlinks are created at boottime in linuxrc. So you need a custom initrd.lrp package. You can build your own initrd package using the buildtool framework. > >Brad Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
