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| Author: | jzigmyth [ Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | what Apps are fairly secure without tunneling? |
I just read the thread about a compromised Myth box. I'm wondering if having VNC enabled and running TightVNC viewer on the standard ports of 5800 and 5900 (Knoppmyth is behind a firewall with all other ports closed) would be considered too risky without tunneling? Thanks, Zig |
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| Author: | mac [ Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:14 pm ] |
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If you know that the address range that your going to reaching the box from you can use iptables to limit access just the ranges you comming from. There a number things to consider about the safty of an app. - are you using strong passwords - is the app using an encrypted channel Many compromises come though webservers, mailservers and brute force attacks against weak accounts. ie. mythtv, mythtv. |
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| Author: | graysky [ Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:53 pm ] |
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Stick to ssh tunneling with strong passwords and 4k public/private keys in my opinion (stunnel is freeware for your win32/64 box). Otherwise don't forward the port on in your router. |
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