Re: Any remote client - without fixed IP

For dns, I use http://www.no-ip.com also. It provides better clients
to send your dynamic ip address to the server running
Windows/Mac/Linux. And you can manage several addresses with a single
account.
http://www.changeip.com is also good.

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:17:32 -0500, Bob Beck
<goodfela26_at_finneganfamily.net> wrote:
> If this is a home user and a VPN is out of the question:
>
> To get around the dynamic ip addressing, you can create a dynamic dns
> account (http://www.dyndns.org/) for the user and install a dynamic dns
> update utility on the remote computer
> (http://www.dyndns.org/support/clients/dyndns.html). Then, install your
> remote control software (VNC, PCAnywhere, etc.) on the user's computer and
> connect to it via the newly created dns account, i.e. homeuser.homeip.net.
> This isn't the most secure way to do this, but it does work.
>
> You can also use an ssh server on the client's pc along with a dynamic dns
> account to give a more secure connection to the client. To do so, install an
> ssh server (http://www.openssh.org or http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/) on
> the client pc and configure it. Then, from the pc that you want to access
> the client from, you can use putty
> (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html) or any
> other ssh client to create a tunnel to the client while using port fowarding
> to connect to the client. For example, you can forward your local port xxxx
> to connect to the port running your remote control server on
> homeuser.homeip.net. Then, use your remote control client and connect to
> localhost:xxxx and it will forward your request to the correct port on the
> remote server using the tunnel you created.
>
> I hope that helps.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: hartmann [mailto:hartmann_at_thestar.com.my]
> Enviado el: Jueves, 17 de Marzo de 2005 10:19 p.m.
> Para: 'Jeff N. Miller'
> CC: security-basics_at_securityfocus.com
> Asunto: RE: Any remote client - without fixed IP
>
> Thanks Jeff.
>
> VPN was once considered.
> But later rejected by team leader,
> As said not practical for user to get into our LAN
> Because we may not know that what is installed or running in the client.
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff N. Miller [mailto:jmiller_at_prairieknights.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:39 AM
> To: hartmann
> Cc: security-basics_at_securityfocus.com
> Subject: RE: Any remote client - without fixed IP
>
> DHCP shouldn't be a problem. That's what DNS is for. That said, a VPN is
> your best option. Then you can use VNC, Remote Desktop, etc....after the
> user has authenticated to the VPN.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hartmann [mailto:hartmann_at_thestar.com.my]
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 7:46 PM
> To: security-basics_at_securityfocus.com
> Subject: Any remote client - without fixed IP
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there any software or any way that we could have a remote control over
> client(s)
> Which does not have fixed IP?
> I'm one of my company system administrators, and currently we need to
> support remote site clients.
> But, the difficult part is that the client have a dynamic IP.
> Thus, is there any tools to help?
> Even it needs to be launched from the client side.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Adam
>
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