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[madamimadam]

Originally posted by purduematt
i have another somewhat related question...

i was reading some of the information i was given about acces to the departmental server at school via ssh, and it said that it was possible get my email if i connect via ssh to the server by forwarding the ports. is this possible to do from terminal? currently i just use a webmail interface, and it would be nice to dowload my email to mail or entourage.

thanks again,

matt

Are you sure you need to SSH and not just SSL? SSH sounds like a lot of security for a school email server.

 

[Billicus]

Originally posted by beatle888
bill maybe you have firewall on...would this
cause a problem if you do?

No, that wasn't the problem. The problem was this: the school red hat linux server was set to deny requests from unfamiliar IP adresses. All my teacher had to do was insert my IP address into the server, and I was able to access it tonight.

 

[evildead]

Originally posted by Billicus


No, that wasn't the problem. The problem was this: the school red hat linux server was set to deny requests from unfamiliar IP adresses. All my teacher had to do was insert my IP address into the server, and I was able to access it tonight.

... so the firewall running on the Linux box needed to have a rule put in with your IP.. or they did something funny with SSH and known user Certs...

its still a firewall... but at least you got in. Seems like some over kill on security for a EDU.. oh well

 

[Billicus]

Originally posted by evildead


... so the firewall running on the Linux box needed to have a rule put in with your IP.. or they did something funny with SSH and known user Certs...

its still a firewall... but at least you got in. Seems like some over kill on security for a EDU.. oh well

We were hacked last year, bringing down the entire linux server for two weeks, so this isn't exactly overkill.

 

[ryme4reson]

What about Dynamic IP address? I mean most people dont have an IP address, they use dynamics