INN testing news server
Bill Davidsen
davidsen at tmr.com
Mon Sep 24 17:54:48 UTC 2007
Felix Kronlage wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 02:51:06PM +0200, Julien ÉLIE wrote:
>
>>> As there are exchanges user & password, perhaps you will want UUCP/SSL?
>>> (with a stunnel) But it is perhaps not necessary if we use proper
>>> UUCP options (check the host and the call sequence number).
>>>
>> For security reasons, I will also add an iptable on TCP port 540 to
>> only allow your news server.
>>
>
> uucp over ssh is really the way to go :)
>
Have to ask, why would you do that rather than add encryption to the
batching process or running over a VPN?
> Sadly I disabled all my uucp stuff in ~ 2003 or 2004. mmmh, if the need
> is bad, I could see wether I can get news.bytemine.net to do uucp over
> ssh again to join the testing....
>
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bill davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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