rfrost;271738 Wrote: > I have a slimbox at home, and I run a server in my office. Oddly, I > found that my playback would get interrupted and apparently random > other tracks would start playing, then another, then another… I'd > try reasserting control via the browser interface, but it'd start all > over again very soon. I then started logging all manner of server > activity and discovered that I was getting hit by google (presumably > their robots), and that seems to have been the cause. > > I've since turned on blocking, then (with wildcards) permitted only > specified IP address ranges to access the server. (I wish I could go > the other way, just blocking a specific set of IP addresses, but that > doesn't seem possible in the GUI). That seems to have solved the > problem, but now I'm blocking out friends who I know would like to > access the server. Is there any workaround for this, and am I the only > person who's encountered this problem?
Probably most other people aren't exposing the interface to the outside internet. If Google can get to your server, then so can everyone else. That includes anyone that wants to leach off your entire MP3 collection - there are links to download the tracks directly within the interface. And I would doubt that there have been significant efforts to prove the resilience of the server and the security from exploits, because it's an internal server - if you can see slimserver you've usually got bigger problems than people downloading a few MP3s. Basically... you don't put the controls to your cooker on the outside of your house, so don't do the same thing with SlimServer. -- gerph ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gerph's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1819 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43741 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
