I know I can use other ports. That’s not the issue. I’m looking for an alternative to a static IP, because it locks me to only one location.
-David Schwartz > On Nov 26, 2017, at 5:18 PM, David Schwartz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I’ve got a shared hosting account and asked if I’m able to install a git repo > host (eg., from gitlab) so I can use it to host my own private git repos. > > I’m not very famliar with git or hosting it, but I understand that It > requires an SSH connection for the transfers. > > I asked the support folks, and they replied that they can do that, but they > need to configure it so the SSH uses a static IP so they can white-list it in > their firewall. > > That requires me to always access it from the same place, which seems a bit > over-restrictive for my needs. > > (I have Cox internet at home, so I probably have a static IP most of the > time, at least until I reboot my modem and it allocates a different IP.) > > I’m wondering if there are any options where I could use, say, a VPN, to set > up a redirect such that the outgoing IP for the SSH is always static? > > Anybody familiar with git is free to offer alternatives. Frankly, I’m not > sure why it would be built exculsively on using SSH as the data channel. > Doesn’t it have any other means of connecting to it? > > Alternatively, this hosting account is a reseller account, and while I’m not > exactly sure how many IPs they give me, I know they’re all static. > > So I could set up another domain on the same host with something that lets me > do a redirect to the SSH on the other domain where git is hosted? > > Alternatively, what’s wrong with just using a port for the SSH channel way up > in the 20,000 range? > > I get their concern with security, but … solving the problem with a static IP > seems so 1990ish. > > Suggestions are welcome. > > -David Schwartz > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://u2206659.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=5DvWGaZUY8Sh5aRLWfQTKYiRLVzunonVk948p8WIzMe-2FXlJ9Cta8w8U9xoku9LrUSHNMJbSd3ZEwH-2BqnW2UHlA-3D-3D_6lpMB7VLnN-2Fj9-2FEErg8-2F-2BMBpb5QxlByTgv2M3fbWD9ebvC-2BWrN3h7jImK8EVWYBe9drX7Is2K5umqysQL0xd1Wb2SagZrUYiJza3UmsiQcR-2BJ7Y0DqL90GzujyGvzgEsJoZj9z47BG0jZNLUEyq8zUwjQsBVBm0eY5-2Fd1xwAv7ct8Di2BtABdvJqIPYcsM3FGr85W6gNKArgr0KYPVXyA7-2BXo4sdecZWZFeqYd6x5aE-3D
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