I have set up a SSH server on my Ubuntu mediacenter, and forwarded the proper port. I'm using password authentication, with maximum 3 attempts, en 20 seconds maximum before disconnect. And guess what? It works! I can now access my mediacenter from work through Putty for commandline access, or WinSCP for some easy file browsing.
What I need to fix now, is a remote desktop solution. Within my LAN at home I am using the Vino VNC server of Ubuntu, but I haven't figured out yet how to tunnel this over SSH with putty. There are tutorials, but they presume the use of TightVNC.
And I would like to access my webserver, but without making access public. This also I haven't got working through tunneling over SSH. I guess I could just open up another port for my webserver, but then I'd have to protect access to it. This can be done by using an PHP login system, or by configuring either the .htaccess or httpd.conf file properly. Some usefull links on this subject:
http://php.codenewbie.com/articles/php/1482/Login_With_Sessions-Page_1.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=379752&highlight=apache+password+protect
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OpenVPN may be a better solution for what you are trying to accomplish. It's easy to configure. You can still use firewall's (iptables in my case) to limit access from VPN vlan to other services.
Thanks for the tip. I will definitely look into it. I like easy configurable solutions... :)
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