[CoLoCo] Linksys Router

[Mitch Mahan]

Jim,

http://dd-wrt.com <http://dd-wrt.com/> 

 

This one supports the newer routers (and has all the functionality you can
ask for).

 

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From: ubuntu-us-co-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-us-co-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Dave Vanderploeg
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 2:18 PM
To: Ubuntu Colorado Local Community Team
Subject: Re: [CoLoCo] REMOTE SERVER

 

Jim,

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

On 10/8/07, Jim Hutchinson < <mailto:jim at ubuntu-rocks.org>
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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