[CoLoCo] REMOTE SERVER

[Dave Vanderploeg]

Jim,

any chance you have a WRT54G? http://hyperwrt.org/

On 10/8/07, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org> wrote:
>
> Kevin,
>
> Just curious. You mentioned that the linksys router has support
> dynamic dns built in. does that mean that I can set up something like
> jim at gotdns.org and have the linksys update that address when my IP
> changes? I've been looking at the software for doing this but it's not
> simple. My linksys is a couple years old. Do I need to or should I
> update the firmware?
>
> Thanks.
> Jim
>
> On 10/8/07, Kevin Fries <kfries at cctus.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 11:24 -0600, Jim Hutchinson wrote:
> > > For passwords there is a program you can install on Ubuntu that makes
> > > "random" passwords. I forget the program though. Maybe someone else
> > > knows.
> > >
> > > A trick I use is to create a random prefix and suffix and sandwich
> > > something memorable between. for example:
> > >
> > > prefix = 6$Y
> > > suffix = G!9
> > > my gmail password = 6$YgoogG!9
> > > my yahoo password = 6$YyahoG!9
> > >
> > > and so on. Btw, those are examples so have fun hacking my mail. I
> > > don't know if those are more or less secure since you are repeating
> > > part of your password everywhere but it makes it easy to remember.
> >
> > Always remember, tricks like this make it tougher to guess.  The reason
> > behind the old upper case, lower case, number and special character is
> > to increase the number of characters needed to crack your password.  The
> > more character sets, the lower the odds of guessing it.  But remember,
> > someone is always winning the lottery, and their odds were just as long.
> > With the speed of modern computers, this can be a real issue.  It just
> > does not take as long to crack passwords as it used to.
> >
> > For email and programs that can not be secured via a private encryption
> > key, these tools are the best you have.  But the OP wanted access to the
> > box to admin or fix problems.  In these cases, eliminating ssh passwords
> > all together eliminates even the lucky shot in the dark.  Besides, its
> > actually easier to setup SSH to do things in a more secure way, than it
> > is to set up all those access rights.  Ubuntu actually accepts keys in
> > its default configuration, all you have to do is turn passwords to no.
> >
> > To the OP, trust me, set up the keys...
> >
> > If that is too easy, and you are bored, make it harder in a more
> > constructive way.  For instance, if you ran Webmin on that server box,
> > set it up to only respond to localhost.  Then setup your laptop so that
> > xinetd listens on port 10001 (leaving 10000 to webmin your local box).
> > Have xinetd start the SSH tunnel, automatically when you hit that port.
> > With the keys enabled, webmin would come up from your machine(s) and
> > only your machine(s) and handle the security silently in the background.
> > >From a web browser, localhost:10001 should be your remote server.  Even
> > this exercise is easier than that original linux.com post.
> >
> >
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