Re: remote access to server.

[Rico Secada <coolzone () it dk>]

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:42:48 -0500
Jonathan Askew JBASKEW <JBASKEW () uncg edu> wrote:

> Thanks for the responses. Why the suggestion to place an OpenBSD box
> in front of the server? Would this serve as a hardware firewall? 

Yes.

> I am looking into openvpn.net and logmein.com as they are within the
> right price (free). This will be the first time I have needed to
> setup a remote connection and it seems like there are a variety of
> options and configurations to go with. Any one have some good
> tutorials? I plan to test this in a lab environment first and then
> deploy. One more question: if the server is set with an private
> static ip will I am assuming I will need to set the router to forward
> requests on the port that is chosen to the server? Thanks,
> Blake