Hi, i have this very tricky thing that i cannot think of a solution.
My company has a website, that only allows people from within thir subnet to connect to. The problem is that now there is the need to connect to this website, now i have no access to the main server but i have another server on the same subnet to run another website.
What i would like to do is to allow myself and some selected people to work on the main site from home, but not being part of the same subnet i cannot access it. I figured that what i needed is a website that acts as a gateway, that is it sends a request to that main website, using the fact that it's on the same subnet and displays the information to another set of selected people. I really don't know where to start.
Hope i was clear enough...
Thanks.
Very hard problem
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if you can create a virtual private network you can become a part of the subnet (that's what it is designed for) even if working from home.
Or if this is not possible maybe you can set up a ssh port forward
For more informations about vpn try http://www.google.de/search?&q=virtual% ... %20network
(the first links returned look quite good)
If you're using the same OS on both nets it's very easy to set up a vpn, if they differ the difficulty level is ..hm.. from medium to $@&$#*!
Or if this is not possible maybe you can set up a ssh port forward
For more informations about vpn try http://www.google.de/search?&q=virtual% ... %20network
(the first links returned look quite good)
If you're using the same OS on both nets it's very easy to set up a vpn, if they differ the difficulty level is ..hm.. from medium to $@&$#*!
Did you ask your admin if he/she can help?
I do not know how big your company has, or what it deals with. But having an admin blocking outside traffic like this usually means that there is a reason. Secure session to and from work is ideal, but...
Just a friendly warning. Making something like this can get you in some serious fubar, so don't take me wrong. On the other hand, if you really don't want your admin to know, then by all means, go ahead.
I do not know how big your company has, or what it deals with. But having an admin blocking outside traffic like this usually means that there is a reason. Secure session to and from work is ideal, but...
Just a friendly warning. Making something like this can get you in some serious fubar, so don't take me wrong. On the other hand, if you really don't want your admin to know, then by all means, go ahead.
The admins we are talking about are almost nonexistant, i mean contacting them is like trying to contact the other dimension. Either way, the company is very small, they have set up a site long ago that is very useful, but only allows access from the local subnet... i mean this is fine, but i need access from my home. But the darned site blocks the IP. So, since i am the admin of a server on that subnet i figured i can just connect to my server and use its IP and Subnet to connect successfully and view the site. I have never done this.
I looked at some of those sites volka suggested and googled for some more, but i have not found exactly what i needed. Basically all i need is some way to do the above, through the Browser, as i would like other people to be able to access the site. I have root access to the server in question, it's just waiting for my commands
mindterm is like putty or something, but isn't there a way to tunnel through a server using something like HTTPort through a proxy or something?
I thought i could find some PHP solution but if i can find ANY other way to get this working i will be more than happy.
Thanks guys.
I looked at some of those sites volka suggested and googled for some more, but i have not found exactly what i needed. Basically all i need is some way to do the above, through the Browser, as i would like other people to be able to access the site. I have root access to the server in question, it's just waiting for my commands
mindterm is like putty or something, but isn't there a way to tunnel through a server using something like HTTPort through a proxy or something?
I thought i could find some PHP solution but if i can find ANY other way to get this working i will be more than happy.
Thanks guys.
Nothing that you could suggest to me would make it any more advantagious than i am now, i am the root admin of a server running the latest patched RedHat. I need access to a service on the same subnet that i have no control over, but essentially i have the powerful machine and the other one is sub_l33t,I just wanted to make sure so we don't suggests something that we shouldn't.
The computers i would like to have access to this subnet would be Windows machines primarily. That should be able to access the data through a browser (Not everyone i have to deal with is Tech savy). So although myself can access all the info by Putty, SSH and then go through the folders and stuff, not everyone can.
I do't mind installing a program that will manage the VPN, but my goal is really simple in theory.
Somehow tunnel all requests from a browser outside the subnet through a server in that subnet to another server on that subnet.
I really appretiate your help...
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I have httpd and ssh deamons running, as well as ftpd and other goodies... i really have no restricitons.
maybe the ssh forward as described at http://borosenclave.com/putty-ssh/ is sufficient.

This will cause some trouble if you want to test https-connections but for plain http it will suffice.
exactly what you're up toAnother nice feature about SSH's port forwarding, is that you can even setup the end point of a tunnel to a machine that is only viewable in the context of being connected to your SSH server.
This will cause some trouble if you want to test https-connections but for plain http it will suffice.