Re: opened OpenSSL port
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 01:50:24AM -0800, erikmccaskey64 wrote:
> Main question: is it safe, to open a port for an openssl server?
It may be safe not to open a port because it can cause attacks.
It may not be safe to close a port because you may not be able to run the service.
So it may be safe to open and protect yourself.
> Is it secure? - it could be DOSed' [DenialofService] or could it be attacked in any way?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack
> Are there any iptables rule for restricting connections to dyndns names?
Look and see if the following link helps.
http://lists.netfilter.org/pipermail/netfilter/2002-March/031869.html
> How could i restrict the openssl server to only accept traffic from given clients? Please help me "think"..
>
> Or are there any "production ready" methods, that can do authentication too? [+using ssl].
> "openssl s_server" and "openssl s_client" would be perfect, but the problem is it doesn't has username/password auth :\
http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Apache/apache-SSL.html
Following the above may help you.
/Jeffrin.
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software engineer.
department of computer science
rajagiri school of engineering and technology.
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