On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 01:28:21AM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > Routing/VPN off Duesseldorf would give you a quasi static address (we > would need to put a similar mechanism in place to update the route entry, > whereas for VPN you would just have to reopen the tunnel after an IP > change).
I can recommend OpenVPN there: it'll try reconnecting every five seconds if the link dies; it can work with SSL certificates rather than passwords; and it's fairly reliable IME. > I assume iptables can be tweaked to redirect port 22 for crest to port > 2622 or whatever on sol, with similar tricks for http and smtp. I would > have to look at some example rules to pull it off, though. Sure. Something like this should work: iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d <old IP of crest> --dport 22 -j REDIRECT --redirect-to <new IP of crest>:2622 if I'm not mistaken (writing this from memory), but at the very least it will show you what you need. > Note that I will have to clear any of this with the biophys IT guys, and > it would take a while to set up. Pointing crest.d.o and m68k.d.o to > Christian's dyndns would be quicker but less functional. -- <Lo-lan-do> Home is where you have to wash the dishes. -- #debian-devel, Freenode, 2004-09-22 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
