I just got this from them:

> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for getting back to us.
> 
> In-order to enable the jail-shell access we need your static ip. If you don't 
> have a static IP, there is no point in continually white listing IPs that 
> will be irrelevant within 24 hours. It makes things a nightmare to track.
> 
> Please let us know your ip so that we can white-list the same in the server 
> and enable shell access.
> 
> Please let us know your thoughts on this.



-David Schwartz



> On Nov 26, 2017, at 5:27 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> If they want to restrict external access then they are using some form of 
> access-list. Firewalls can process static ip addresses much faster than DNS 
> domain names. I would get VPS like digital ocean. You can get a cheap server 
> for $5/mo and set up OpenVPN or an SSH proxy.
> 
> On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 5:18 PM, David Schwartz <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[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
> 
> 
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