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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > <mailto:[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-2BWrN3h7jImK8EVWYBe9U8V6AS5GnIghKMKPs8AZt9p71CGhnvTB7Ku30RrT61hz94TqEG4R3F8DflfANxHQoGChPVsf4WXLBOiQ88PdCSQP0ekyLq8G8aaHDY1EMHp1Cc5qn8wRg7-2FibeVspU3luB2TE0NQxW-2FcbBqdd4ZopJ9qAeebZ8VBFOrMNzqb68-3D > > <https://u2206659.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=5DvWGaZUY8Sh5aRLWfQTKYiRLVzunonVk948p8WIzMe-2FXlJ9Cta8w8U9xoku9LrUSHNMJbSd3ZEwH-2BqnW2UHlA-3D-3D_6lpMB7VLnN-2Fj9-2FEErg8-2F-2BMBpb5QxlByTgv2M3fbWD9ebvC-2BWrN3h7jImK8EVWYBe9U8V6AS5GnIghKMKPs8AZl9dIibtsKGXpxmLuOwco9w8Knu0XX6TjZ9uPb8C-2BYBknBMRXj95vs10cBvfSn5dE6UUhgozSsnM-2BAQjd3Tfmi-2BggrNw0KTUCgaOGUt0p-2B8eWM51aQhZFHhi5oGooHifemJopRNACMqkXYSmkPXxapk-3D> > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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-2BWrN3h7jImK8EVWYBe9U8V6AS5GnIghKMKPs8AZsnxNErVgHikdbmLQ4VILu-2F58vLkRf5MRiuOo2kOY4NGxYw8ArFQQ7uSRrlhxk-2B6SCQQvmhUSmHBteoxXQ4vHtqxC39Og-2FibSEKI8nnJ0uk4PLgCjPbLK44aSPu62QhRnCiR2bbNzJ7NVK-2FiEr8OBro-3D
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