I set up the rule in ipchains so now it will only accept my connection from my ip here at work.. I had a friend test it and it denied him.. So everything should be kosher for now.. Unless someone spoofs an ip.. This isn't critical stuff. I want to stream my mp3s from home!!! lol No actually it's for work, but I have a large database at home and some apache stuff I need access to, so this is why. But I still don't want anyone cracking my system.. Any thought appreciated. nathan On 07 Sep 2001 09:49:36 -0700, Nathan England wrote: > Okay, I know half of you will probably shoot me for this, but I'm doing > it anyway... > > I need access to a volume on a server across the internet. > Right now I am running samba and I am connecting by running three > ssh tunnells to ports 137, 138, and 139 from my computer at work to the > server. From there I mount the volumes. > > There has to be a more secure way than this. Especially more secure than > samba.. I have a good password, but still any sniffer would get it in a > few seconds. Except for the ssh tunnels, there really isn't any > secunrity. > > Are there any safer ways any one knows of that I could do this? > I'm not so worried about my security where someone sniffs me and gets my > password, but others seeing the wide open ports and going after it.. > It's pretty stupid. > > I was thinking about setting ipchains to only accept the connection from > a specific ip, but is there a better way than this? Any input helpfull. > Thanks guys. > > nathan > > > -- > "Ah, lives there a man with soul so dead, who never to himself hath > said, > as he hunched and rolled in his comfortable bed: > To hell with rent...I'll drink instead!" > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- "Ah, lives there a man with soul so dead, who never to himself hath said, as he hunched and rolled in his comfortable bed: To hell with rent...I'll drink instead!"