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On Friday 5 January 2007 21:25, Mick wrote: |
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> OK. I don't think I need to run a full VPN. I just want to securely |
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> connect to my router at home while I am out & about using public wifi |
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> hot spots and thereby to be able to connect to the internet using my |
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> ISP for browsing & email. The only ports I should need to forward via |
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> ssh to the router/server are those serving http/https for browsing and |
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> 110/995/143/25/587 for email. |
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If I understand correctly then, you need ssh (and a public IP address) |
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running on the router. |
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For reading and sending email the setup is straightforward: just forward |
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each of the ports you mentioned above to the appropriate server (via the |
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router), set up your email program accordingly, and you're done. This |
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way, your email data will go from your computer (wherever you are) to |
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your router via the ssh tunnel, and from there (using your ISP |
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connectivity) to the desired servers. |
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For browsing the internet, the setup is just a little bit more complex. |
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At least, you need a http proxy running on the router (like squid), then |
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do port forwarding for ports 80, 443, etc. and set up your browser |
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accordingly to use the proxy. This way, your http requests are sent to |
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the proxy via the ssh tunnel, and from there go to the their intended |
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destinations using your ISP connectivity. |
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> If the above assumptions are correct then what sort of a hardware |
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> router would I need? (Either a straight off the shelf product, or one |
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> with modified firmware). |
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> No idea how to achieve the same functionality using the embedded OS of |
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> a hardware router. |
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Never used it myself, but take a look at the openwrt project. |
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>From what I understand, it seems that it lets you put linux into the |
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firmware of many popular routers, and manage it using a web interface. |
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Since it's linux, you obviously get all its benefits, including ssh. |
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Anyway, I just read the openwrt docs very quickly, so it's entirely |
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possible that I'm misunderstanding things here, and hopefully someone |
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more experienced than me will give you more reliable info. |
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