on Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 05:15:09PM -0600, Alex Malinovich (demonbane@the-love-shack.net) wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 16:54, ScruLoose wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 02:58:48AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> > >
> > > If not, any other possibilities?
> >
> > Olkay, I see there's been plenty of discussion of the ins and outs of
> > the self-locking one-shot root privilege thing. Neat idea, too; it's not
> > something I ever thought of.
> >
> > OTOH I wonder about attacking the problem from a completely different
> > angle:
> > If you have access to a computer lab at school, you could maybe run an
> > ssh daemon on your home machine (plus one of the free dyndns.org
> > accounts if you've got dynamic IP to worry about). Then you could just
> > ssh in to the machine and do the maintenance yourself.
>
> That's actually one of the reasons that I've waited so long to try and
> tackle this problem. I've been happily SSH-ing into my server for quite
> a while, especially when I have my laptop with me. (Running Debian of
> course.)
>
> Unfortunately, there are times during class (with no computers in the
> room) that I need something done, and the only way to do it is over the
> phone. There's also the issue of what happens if the network connection
> goes down while I'm away. If I'm at home it's easy enough to fix, but
> away from home it's impossible.
>
> While I had thought of experimenting with voice activated commands over
> the phone, it seems like too much work for the task at hand. (Though it
> would certainly be quite an interesting project... :)
ObNoIDon'tWorkForSharp:
http://www.myzaurus.com/
The Zaurus:
- Runs GNU/Linux.
- Has SSH.
- Has wireless networking. Glom off your school's WiFi.
- And a modem. Dial as needed.
- Keeps your roommate safely out of the loop.
I don't own one, but know several people who are inordinately pleased
with theirs.
In a vendor-neutral tradition, the iPaq may also offer options. More
general information at:
http://www.handhelds.org/
Alternatively: one-time-passwords. If you generate these, and tell
them to your roommate, the password itself is only good for a limited
time (a matter of minutes, usually). After which it's worthless.
There are key generators which will run on your PDA (Palm, Zaurus, iPaq,
foo).
Peace.
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her to marry one ..."
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