On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 14:51 +0000, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Thursday 24 February 2005 14:38, Jose Rafael Carrero Leon wrote: > > > Hello ! > > > I installed 10.1 for a friend and it would be wonderful if I could > > > access his computer from here because he lives very far. > > > How could I do that ? > > > TIA > > > > > > -- > > > Josenildo Marques > > Use SSH, you must be an user in the other machine or know the password > > for an existing user > > > To expand on that a little more. > ssh is much more secure than telnet. Just install the openssh-server package > on his machine, and openssh-clients on yours and then open a terminal and > enter > ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > He must have port 22 open in his firewall to allow the ssh connection in. > > Your security is only as good as the passwords you choose. So make a strong > password or else someone **will** hack into his computer. > > You can make the security stronger by setting his shorewall firewall to only > accept ssh connections from your IP address. > In his /etc/shorewall/rules insert a line > ACCEPT net:your_ip_addy fw tcp ssh > > then 'shorewall restart' to apply the new rule. > This assumes of course that your IP address does not change. > > You can make ssh even more secure by implementing private keys as described > here > http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:D2iGdSh6vZQJ:www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/openssh.php+mandrakesecure+making+most+ssh&hl=en > > Then only users whose private security key is known to the host can make an > ssh connection. > > derek
Thank you so much, Derek ! If you ever come to Brazil, I'll pay the beer ! -- Josenildo Marques ICQ 289971493 +++ Homepage http://planeta.terra.com.br/arte/cyb/ Fotolog http://fotolog.terra.com.br/mytrip usu�rio Linux registrado No. 341648 20:36:05 up 18 min, 1 user, load average: 0.35, 0.18, 0.12 ********************** "When I picture a perfect reader, I always picture a monster of courage and curiosity, also something supple, cunning, cautious, a born adventurer and discoverer..." Friedrich Nietzsche
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