Re: Accessing electronic resources from outside the corporate network: Proxy or VPN?

2023-06-30 Thread Mauro Tridici
on for access to resources > subscribed to a company (but that's outside the scope of NGINX and is more my > opinion as a security guy). > > Thomas > > > -Original Message- > From: nginx On Behalf Of Mauro Tridici > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2023 10:18 AM

Accessing electronic resources from outside the corporate network: Proxy or VPN?

2023-06-30 Thread Mauro Tridici
Dear Users, my boss asked me to implemented a proxy service in order to allow corporate users to access electronic resources, subscribed by our company, also from outside the corporate network (you know, users can work both from office and from home). Unfortunately, I’m a newbie and I’m a litt

Re: Your opinion about a corporate proxy server to reach the magazine's website from everywhere

2023-03-13 Thread Mauro Tridici
sounds like a reasonable plan, though > many others exist. > > You can do this using nginx + vouch to hook into an idp like Okta, and > introduce an identity layer into your connection to secure authentication and > authorization up. > > Ldap over internet is a horrible i

Re: Your opinion about a corporate proxy server to reach the magazine's website from everywhere

2023-03-13 Thread Mauro Tridici
many others exist. > > You can do this using nginx + vouch to hook into an idp like Okta, and > introduce an identity layer into your connection to secure authentication and > authorization up. > > Ldap over internet is a horrible idea. > > Good luck, > Payam >

Your opinion about a corporate proxy server to reach the magazine's website from everywhere

2023-03-12 Thread Mauro Tridici
Dear users, I am a newbie and would like to know your opinion about a request I received at work. I will try to describe the problem. The company at which I work has several locations located within the same country. The company has subscribed to an online magazine that can be accessed after

Re: Help request about Log4j attack attempts and NGINX logs meaning

2021-12-30 Thread Mauro Tridici
worry about. > > Maxim > > On 29.12.2021 21:34, Mauro Tridici wrote: >> Helo Maxim, >> thank you very much for the explanation. >> In your opinion, is this the case to “fix” this behaviour (but I don’t know >> how, I’m a newbie, sorry) or I should simply ignor

Re: [EXTERNAL] Help request about Log4j attack attempts and NGINX logs meaning

2021-12-29 Thread Mauro Tridici
our (if it shouuld be fixed). > > What is the meaning of “GET /“? Does It mean that the attacker is trying to > GET something from the / path of the server (sorry for my stupid question)? > How can I check and change the current nginx configuration ? > > Thank you in

Re: Help request about Log4j attack attempts and NGINX logs meaning

2021-12-29 Thread Mauro Tridici
On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 03:55:35PM +0100, Mauro Tridici wrote: > >> I have an old instance of NGINX (v.1.10.1) running as proxy >> server on a dedicated hardware platform. >> Since the proxy service is reachable from internet, it is >> constantly exposed to cyber attacks

Re: [EXTERNAL] Help request about Log4j attack attempts and NGINX logs meaning

2021-12-29 Thread Mauro Tridici
configurations allow GETs to "/". > > Justin > > On 29/12/2021, 10:20 AM, "nginx on behalf of Mauro Tridici" > wrote: > >CAUTION: The e-mail below is from an external source. Please exercise > caution before opening attachments, clicking links,

Re: Help request about Log4j attack attempts and NGINX logs meaning

2021-12-29 Thread Mauro Tridici
Thank you very much for your reply. I really appreciated it. I’ll wait for the final gurus feedback too. Mauro > On 29 Dec 2021, at 18:03, lists wrote: > > That IP space is certified shady. I detect the occasional hack from them. See > > https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/08/the-rise-of-bulletp

Help request about Log4j attack attempts and NGINX logs meaning

2021-12-29 Thread Mauro Tridici
Dear Users, I have an old instance of NGINX (v.1.10.1) running as proxy server on a dedicated hardware platform. Since the proxy service is reachable from internet, it is constantly exposed to cyber attacks. In my particular case, it is attacked by a lot of Log4j attack attempts from several m

Re: failed (104: Connection reset by peer) while proxying connection

2021-05-22 Thread Mauro Tridici
the log in the upstream server for why it is doing this. > Perhaps a security module or something that drop connection immediately etc > > On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 2:46 PM Mauro Tridici <mailto:mauro.trid...@cmcc.it>> wrote: > > Dear Users, > > I’m noticing a the

failed (104: Connection reset by peer) while proxying connection

2021-05-21 Thread Mauro Tridici
Dear Users, I’m noticing a these error messages in /var/log/nginx/error.log. 021/05/21 10:57:25 [error] 21145#0: *7 recv() failed (104: Connection reset by peer) while proxying connection, client: public_ip, server: 0.0.0.0:5044, upstream: "private_ip:5044", bytes from/to client:321/7709, byte

Re: NGINX non-HTTP port forwarding from internet to private LAN preserving the client IP

2018-04-29 Thread Mauro Tridici
6AM +0200, Mauro Tridici wrote: > > Hi there, > > > So, I would like to ask you if I can use NGINX i order to start a port > forwarding from an internet client to a server machine in my private LAN > preserving the client IP. > > In general, what you want cannot be done (

NGINX non-HTTP port forwarding from internet to private LAN preserving the client IP

2018-04-26 Thread Mauro Tridici
Dear Users, I really appreciate NGINX tool and I've been using it for a while, but I’m not an expert user. So, I would like to ask you if I can use NGINX i order to start a port forwarding from an internet client to a server machine in my private LAN preserving the client IP. IMPORTANT: the so