Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-16 Thread Jeff07971
BreakTheStatic wrote: > Hey guys, I'm not sure if this is hijacking the thread or not. If so, > please disregard and tell me to open my own thread! > > I was also looking to add secure, remote access to my squeezebox server > and am already running Traefik as a reverse proxy (w/ SSL

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-16 Thread BreakTheStatic
Hey guys, I'm not sure if this is hijacking the thread or not. If so, please disregard and tell me to open my own thread! I was also looking to add secure, remote access to my squeezebox server and am already running Traefik as a reverse proxy (w/ SSL configured). All my other services

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-04 Thread Michael Herger
Normal players can only connect using IP address but stream.mp3 could use a host name - so yes you could use ngrok to create two tunnels (9000 & 3843) and then use 2 browser windows, one for control and the other to play stream.mp3 although it isn't ideal. For raw stream.mp3 playback you don't

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-04 Thread philchillbill
d6jg wrote: > Just had a look at Squeezelite man pages - it might accept a hostname > but what it won't do is send the necessary auth credentials to ngrok. Have you tried embedding the basic-auth in the URL? In other words, "https://joebloggs:loves...@1234567def.ngrok.io;.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-04 Thread d6jg
d6jg wrote: > Correcting myself. > Normal players can only connect using IP address but stream.mp3 could > use a host name - so yes you could use ngrok to create two tunnels (9000 > & 3843) and then use 2 browser windows, one for control and the other to > play stream.mp3 although it isn't

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-04 Thread d6jg
d6jg wrote: > That’s useful to know. > You can easily configure 2 ngrok tunnels but can you then tell your > player to connect to a host name rather than an IP address. I think not > so I don’t think it’s doable after all. Correcting myself. Normal players can only connect using IP address but

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-03 Thread d6jg
mherger wrote: > > Wow, hadn’t noticed ngrok didn’t support UDP. Sorry for the false > hopes. > > Strictly speaking you don't need UDP for LMS/SB to work. It's only being > > used to discover players and servers. But as you'll have to enter the > address in your client anyway, you can do

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-03 Thread Michael Herger
Wow, hadn’t noticed ngrok didn’t support UDP. Sorry for the false hopes. Strictly speaking you don't need UDP for LMS/SB to work. It's only being used to discover players and servers. But as you'll have to enter the address in your client anyway, you can do without. But you'll still need

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-03 Thread mrw
echable wrote: > > It took me way too long to realise ... > A bit like how I had always understood hacking to mean doing ingenious things with a bit of kit to make it do what you want, whereas many people use the term to mean breaking into remote systems. echable wrote: > > At the moment,

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-03 Thread d6jg
echable wrote: > Thanks for all the great replies finally, do the screenshots help > identify the problem with having the Server and Client running on the > router at the same time ? I thought I had lost the draft of what I > wanted to post re the whole situation so sorry if I repeated myself. >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-03 Thread echable
Thanks for all the great replies finally, do the screenshots help identify the problem with having the Server and Client running on the router at the same time ? I thought I had lost the draft of what I wanted to post re the whole situation so sorry if I repeated myself. Reading through the

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-03 Thread d6jg
echable wrote: > I've always wanted to set up one of those "SSH tunnels" I've heard > about, I'll read it right now. Thank you :) @echable ngrok will provide control of players on your local network but it wont allow a player to work on an external network as (above) it doesn't support UDP

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-03 Thread echable
philchillbill wrote: > Maybe ngrok would provide a solution for you. SSH based, it’s > recommended for use with the MediaServer Alexa Skill to control LMS from > the cloud. > > The concept is explained in the Server Configuration tab at >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-03 Thread philchillbill
@d6jg Wow, hadn’t noticed ngrok didn’t support UDP. Sorry for the false hopes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk philchillbill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=68920 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-03 Thread d6jg
philchillbill wrote: > Maybe ngrok would provide a solution for you. SSH based, it’s > recommended for use with the MediaServer Alexa Skill to control LMS from > the cloud. > > The concept is explained in the Server Configuration tab at >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-03 Thread d6jg
echable wrote: > Turns out it's not that difficult. But believe me, there are so many > posts and articles about this, each of them gives their own procedure, > often using complex ssh scripts and all kinds of stuff. > > AFAIK all VPN stuff is based on the OpenVPN protocols, so it shouldn't >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-03 Thread philchillbill
Maybe ngrok would provide a solution for you. SSH based, it’s recommended for use with the MediaServer Alexa Skill to control LMS from the cloud. The concept is explained in the Server Configuration tab at https://mediaserver.smartskills.tech/mediaserverhelp.html.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-03 Thread echable
> The 'honourable people in charge' of this forum give a huge amount of > their time and expertise to keep the Squeezebox experience going. The > software is no longer developed by Logitech and is very much a community > affair and even the seemingly simple task of writing documentation takes >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-02 Thread d6jg
echable wrote: > Believe me, I have spent 12- hour days trying to work this out. Every > set of instructions seem to differ. And I don't have the knowledge or > technical skills to write a guide. Since it's always mentioned to use a > VPN, in big bold red letters nonetheless, it's an omission

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-02 Thread Shozzer
echable wrote: > I really wish there were detailed, updated instructions on how to access > via VPN or SSH tunnel. > > I spent days reading (the wrong) instructions, finally managed to set up > a VPN server on my Asus router that exports a .ovpn file that you then > import into e.g. the

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-02 Thread echable
Believe me, I have spent 12- hour days trying to work this out. Every set of instructions seem to differ. And I don't have the knowledge or technical skills to write a guide. Since it's always mentioned to use a VPN, in big bold red letters nonetheless, it's an omission that there's zero info,

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-02 Thread kidstypike
echable wrote: > > > I strongly encourage the honourable "people in charge" of this forum and > the LMS documentation etc. to provide instructions on the site on how to > set up secure, remote LMS access. This is a community forum - why not get your hands dirty instead of asking others to do

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-02 Thread echable
I really wish there were detailed, updated instructions on how to access via VPN or SSH tunnel. I spent days reading (the wrong) instructions, finally managed to set up a VPN server on my Asus router that exports a .ovpn file that you then import into e.g. the Android OpenVPN Connect app. This

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-01 Thread Michael Herger
-If the password securtiy for Logitech Media Server Software is enabled - Please use only your own Devices or delete the History. Otherwise your Account credentials become public. - Can anyone clarify what this means ? Does it mean if you log in to your server from someone else's device,

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Remote streaming password security

2019-12-01 Thread echable
In LMS, under Help - Remote Streaming - under "Password security", it says: -If the password securtiy for Logitech Media Server Software is enabled - Please use only your own Devices or delete the History. Otherwise your Account credentials become public. - Can anyone clarify what this means ?