[GLLUG] Setting up a home server

[Nick Kwiatkowski]

A friend of mine actually started a company called Darktech DNS
(www.dtdns.com <http://www.dtdns.com/> ), who provides free hostnames, and
will park domain names as well.

 

-Nick Kwiatkowski

 

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From: linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu [mailto:linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu]
On Behalf Of Brad Handy
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 2:48 PM
To: aenader at msu.edu
Cc: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Setting up a home server

 

I use www.no-ip.com for the same service.  I'm not sure if the WRT54G router
supports no-ip.com directly, but I use the update client no-ip.com
distributes on their site.  You have to compile from source, but it works
really well and is easy to use.  However, since I have Gentoo installed at
home, I just install it with "emerge noip-updater".  :-)


Brad




On 12/19/05, Nader Abedrabbo <aenader at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Guys, 

Thanks for all the advice. 
I solved the problem to my problem in a different manner. 
I used DDNS to create a domain name from myself through
http://www.dyndns.com, and using Dynamic DNS which assigns a name to my DHCP
IP. Also you need a DynDNS update "ddclient" which updates your domain name
each time you get a new ip. Luckily, I didn't need ddclient, since my
Linksys WRT54G router has a built in ddclient updater :)... (You have to
update the router's firmware to resolve an older problem issue). 
Also, since I have multiple computers connected to the Internet through the
router, which it assigns each its own ip, and since my router has a
firewall, I needed to use the "Application and Gaming" section to route any
incoming calls to the server computer only. In my case I only route calls to
port 20 to the IP of my Linux system. The other computers don't receive
anything... 

Also, for security, I used the "hosts.deny", and "hosts.allow", where
hosts.deny would deny ALL: ALL incoming calls, and hosts.allow would only
let pass only to the sshd port 20. and to make it more secure, I only allow
specific IP's to access my system. 

Anyhow, this worked very will, and I am able to access my system from
anywhere i want ...  cool... 

One point I want to mentions, is during my research I learned of a new
routing program that is supposed to make all this possible with
zero-configuration setup, it is called HAMACHI... This new program (Which
touted as ultra secure) can be found at http://www.hamachi.cc/. I works on
Linux and Win, and soon on Mac. According to what I've read and heard, it
supposed to be very, very secure... I suggested  to listen to the discretion
to http://www.grc.com/default.htm, http://www.grc.com/SecurityNow.htm#18

Try it... 

Nader

Thanks 

Charles Ulrich wrote: 

On Monday 12 December 2005 09:56, Nader Abedrabbo wrote:





  

Can you please give me advice on how to go about to setting this


system up? If you direct me to books, web links that would be great..








Thanks,





Nader


    

If I get this right, you want to set up a server at home and then access 


it from everywhere else, right? You're in luck, as this isn't terribly 


difficult. If you already have a home network set up (as opposed to a 



single workstation connected directly to the cable or DSL modem), then 


you're halfway there. If not, google for information on how to put 


together a simple home LAN with a firewall. (I recommend IPCop, 


 <http://www.ipcop.org> 
http://www.ipcop.org, on an old Pentium II but you can also buy 


firewalls from companies like Netgear and Linksys that work well for 


simple setups. They appear to call them "routers" these days.)









Once that's taken care of, just install your OS, give the machine a 


static IP, and configure your firewall to pass traffic on a specific 


port (or set of ports) to the server. For example, if you want SSH and 






SFTP, have your firewall forward port 22 to the server.





A few hours research should be enough to get you started. Sorry that I 


don't have any specific links to give you. You might, however, see if 


the Linux Documentation Project (
http://www.tldp.org) has anything you 


can use. 





  





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University of Waterloo


Mechanical Engineering Dept., E2


Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1


Canada


Cell: (519) 574-7234



Work: (519) 885-1211 Ext: 5887


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