Hi Ray, yeah the server is being migrated to a newer system, and that’s part of where i also could use someone to talk to. But my immediate need to get something going with what I have. Can you help or know someone? Thanks
> On Dec 5, 2016, at 12:27 PM, Ray Cote <rgac...@appropriatesolutions.com> > wrote: > > > On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Jonathan Linowes <jonat...@linowes.com > <mailto:jonat...@linowes.com>> wrote: > Specifically right now, I need a static IP to log in to a secure website. I > have a legacy VPS running Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 so I thought > I could use that as a VPN or even just SSL tunneling. I tried to set it up > but didn’t get too far. My linux skills are quite rusty. Or maybe there’s a > better, longer term solution. Is this something you can help? > > Hi Jon: > A few initial thoughts: > 1) RHEL4 is extremely old (RHEL5 is about to reach end of life soon). > If you’re familiar with RHEL, then you should consider upgrading to RHEL 6 > (or consider CentOS6 from centos.org <http://centos.org/> — the same system > without commercial support). > Otherwise, it may be difficult to match any advice you receive to the old > RHEL4 environment. > > 2) Without further details it is difficult to get into specifics, but it > looks like you are using the legacy VPS for the static IP. > If a VPS is secure enough for you, then my recommendation would be to upgrade > to a VPS with a more modern OS and then confirm you can connect directly from > it to the target server. Once that’s confirmed operational, then you can look > at setting up something like stunnel to forward from your machine to the > remote. > > —Ray > -- > Raymond Cote, President > Tokenize What Matters® > voice: +1.603.924.6079 email: rgac...@appropriatesolutions.com skype: ray.cote > Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/ray_cote/60min/ > <https://calendly.com/ray_cote/60min/> > >
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