Rich is 100% correct. However, if all else fails, google "Anyterm". It works for me.
Len On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 08:51 -0500, Rich Bowen wrote: > On Jan 28, 2011, at 8:44 AM, Skye Sweeney wrote: > > > I have now been monitoring this distribution list for a month and now feel > > like I can ask my question... > > > > Recently my company has but a filter in their firewall to prevent any > > access to any outside computer over SSH or FTP. This has broken my ability > > to access my home computer to do such things as powering it off during > > thunderstorms. Only a very few ports are open on the firewall. These > > include port 80. > > > > Question: Is it possible to configure Apache and/or other components to > > allow a client to have a simple "bash shell" into the computer running > > Apache? I do not need X11 or any other graphic interfaces, just a good old > > shell and even that could be limited. Now before people freak out about > > security, it should be known that my firewall only allows connections from > > very specific MAC addresses. As long as I do not publish those, I consider > > my home Linux server very safe. > > > > I have tried to Goggle the answer, but I have not found the right key words > > to home in on a solution. I would be happy with just a few product or > > keyword names to help my search or an indication that I am barking up the > > wrong tree! > > Yes, it's possible, but it's the wrong solution. The right solution is ssh. I > hear you saying that your company forbids ssh, but I think that once you > understand the risks of doing what you're talking about here, you'll be able > to communicate to your firewall admin that ssh is *BY FAR* more secure than > any other remote shell options available. This is why so many commercial > firewalls come with ports 80, 443, and 22 open by default. > > I would strenuously encourage you to have a long talk with your network guy > about security, and if he/she doesn't understand the issues, have a talk with > his/her boss about his/her lack of credentials. This isn't a difficult issue > - it's pretty fundamental to network security. > > -- > Rich Bowen > [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > " from the digest: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
