From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 6 6:30:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from earth.wnm.net (earth.wnm.net [208.246.240.243]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A750714D2B for ; Sat, 6 Nov 1999 06:30:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alex@wnm.net) Received: from localhost (alex@localhost) by earth.wnm.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA12934; Sat, 6 Nov 1999 08:30:44 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 08:30:43 -0600 (CST) From: Alex Charalabidis To: "Istvan A. Fulop" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System administration via a modem Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I would like to set up a web server using freebsd. The box will be > hosted at an isp, but it seems like I will have to do all the > administration via a modem from home (otherwise I would have to shut > down the server each time I need to administer it, due to the policy of > the isp, resulting in no server-response for at least half an hour each > day). Braindead policy, get a better provider. My customers would kill me if I made them take down their commercial, revenue-generating servers for half an hour each time they touched them. Seriously... > I would like to know if this administration could be done with > reasonable security somehow, and if so, how. SSH. You may have to buy SecureCRT or F-Secure for your windows box at home but it's the only way to go. -ac -- Alex Charalabidis WebNet Memphis (901) 432-6000 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message