use ssh.
You can put your backuppc server behind your firewall and access ssh on an
alternate port, then NAT that port on your firewall to backuppc. then you
can ssh from the client back to the backuppc box on the alternate port. if
the client is on windows try myentunnel.
Then on the backuppc box you can set up the client and use localhost, then
change the rsync command for that client to use the alternate port. make
sure to put the IP in client alias as nmblookup wont find it.
Backuppc will think that the client is on the local network, and the client
can automatically connect to backuppc.
Additionally, you can enable compression on the ssh tunnel if the link is
slow.
I do this now, it works well.
it also saves you all the effort of setting up a VPN tunnel.
I do have some sites that are on a VPN and that works well also.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:28 PM, phil <p...@backup-and-restore.de> wrote:
> Hi Jeremy,
>
> I wouldn't connect my BackupPC-Server to the internet without adding
> another Layer of security, by putting in a firewall between it.
> I'm running two BackupPC-Servers at our offices and they are both
> protected by a firewall (IPCop).
>
> You can use older hardware (I'm using two FSC Scovery xS ThinClients
> bought from ebay (Pentium III, 900MHz, 512 MB RAM, 2GB
> CompactFlash-Card) with two additional network cards) for the firewall.
> Since IPCop is OpenSource you don't need to spent additional money.
> OpenVPN is really easy to setup on IPCop with a plugin called Zerina.
> Since you've Windows Client you can use OpenVPN GUI to connect from the
> l...@hillsboro to the IPCop in LA.
>
> With two additional scripts (launched by OpenVPN GUI after VPN-Login)
> you can automatically tell BackupPC to back up your clients.
>
> IPCop: http://www.ipcop.org/
> Zerina: http://www.zerina.de/zerina/
> OpenVPN GUI: http://openvpn.se/
>
> If you need any further help, do not hesitate to contact me.
>
> Kind regards from Berlin
>
> - P hil
>
> Jeremy H. Griffith wrote:
> > Hi all! I have a small LAN in Hillsboro, OR, which is
> > connected to the Net though a (NAT) router provided
> > by Verizon. The IP on the Net side is variable.
> >
> > My backup server is in Los Angeles, and has its own
> > static IP. It's a dedicated server, using FreeBSD,
> > and I had no problem with backuppc setup on it.
> >
> > How can I tell backuppc to access systems on my LAN?
> > I'd like to back up two hosts on it, one Vista Home
> > (my wife's), the other Win2K Pro. I'll probably add
> > a Linux one for development soon too.
> >
> > I suspect I need to set up a VPN; if so, what VPN
> > software do you recommend?
>
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