You can also see if allow for dns entries in their firewall policy (some do). Then set up dynamic DNS.
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 26, 2017, at 5:30 PM, David Schwartz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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