[bf1942] Saftey of remote access
Cream[DONut]
cream at donut.dk
Mon Jun 16 02:48:28 EDT 2003
use iptables to block off access to the remotecontrol port, except for your
specific ip's?
Cream
At 12:23 PM 6/11/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>With 1.4 out and apparently working very pimpy I can now afford to be very
>serious about my servers operation. One thing I would like to do is run a
>remote util, like from BlackBagOps, to control high latency users and what
>have you. I do have hesitations about leaving the remote access port for
>the server open. Near as I can tell it's insecure and I remember reading
>a sec posting somewhere, granted it was for an older version, where the
>remote admin port could be used to DOS the machine. What's the lists
>opinion/feelings regarding it's use. Do you guys feel safe with it? Am I
>being paranoid or justly cautious?
>
>Znapel
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