Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 19:11:29 +0100 From: Markus Hitter <mah@jump-ing.de> To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: How to notify for maintenance Message-ID: <DE033AA5-3C9A-443E-98EB-D313F8BF13EA@jump-ing.de>
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Hello all, my TinyBSD box is running fine and for security reasons, I've removed (almost) everything executable. One of the few remainings is lighttpd, to make a web server. The small problem now is, this box needs some moderately complex maintenance from time to time which I want to do from the outside (another computer). Storing root keys and software to use it on the same computer running lighttpd doesn't make me feel good. The question is: How would I securely notify another computer to do this (automatic) maintenance? Whatever I think of, this requires at least an ssh certificate and is pretty universal allowing it to be used to trigger harmful things as well. Any insight to best practices is welcome. Thanks, Markus Hitter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dipl. Ing. Markus Hitter http://www.jump-ing.de/
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