Your def right about front facing being a security issue. All I need it for is to be able to dl a backed file remotely through the interface. How's setting up a VPN sound?
On Feb 17, 2012, at 4:47 PM, Arnold Krille <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday 17 February 2012 13:02:07 Steve Willoughby wrote: >> On 17-Feb-12 12:35, Les Mikesell wrote: >>> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Zach Lanich <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> How do I access my backuppc interface from outside the local >>> network? I have a webserver set up through isp config and I can get >>> to my website I built but isp gives me a 500 error when i try to >>> access backuppc. >>> >>> The packaged apache config probably restricts access to the local host. >>> In the EPEL rpm that would be in /etc/httpd/conf.d/BackupPC.conf, but >>> the ubuntu version might be somewhere else. If you can find it, change >>> it to allow from all and restart apache (if you are sure you want to do >>> that...). >> >> "If you are sure you want to do that..." >> >> Re-read Les' last sentence a few times and let it really sink in before >> going further with this. >> >> BackupPC has essentially root-level access to all your backed-up >> systems, and certainly has access to all their file data (and can >> restore back onto them, probably). >> >> Do you *really* feel confident that the way you log in to BackupPC over >> the web is secure? Using only HTTPS? Checking certificates properly? >> Even with that, you're 100% sure your webserver can't be compromised >> from the outside? >> >> If you really need this, perhaps a better thing to do would be to SSH in >> to the host and set up a tunnel over that SSH connection to reach your >> BackupPC server. > > Even if your apache and perl/cgi and backuppc is save from any hacking, is > the > rest of the system invincible too? > Do you really want to save your backups of crucial machines on hardware > physically controlled by someone else? > > It is less of a problem when its data from servers in the same third-party- > operated datacenter. But when the data housed inside your business goes > outside for backups, you should really make sure all is save. And with > backuppc its not only the data itself, but also the access to the backed-up > machines. > > Have fun, > > Arnold > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
