Relay/pipe web admin to another server - Teh Forum

<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41311.0&return_msg=41311.1"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.1">1–9</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=41311.1">Relay/pipe web admin to another server</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="41311_1_9_10"> <a name="a41311_1"></a><div class="message" id="message_41311_1"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">10 Dec 2014 16:53</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">1 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.1">41311.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Our new NAS has a web admin that isn't WAN accessible. Is there a way to access it through our WAN-accessible staging server, which is on the same lan as the NAS? Could I mount the NAS web root as a virtual host on the other server?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41311.1&return_msg=41311.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41311.1"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41311_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_41311_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Monsoir (PILOTDAN)<span class="message_time">10 Dec 2014 17:11</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Dec 2014 17:12"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.2">41311.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.1#a41311_1" target="_self">41311.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> You're looking for a "Reverse Proxy" - almost certainly doable <span class="emoticon e_smile" title=":)"><span class="e__">:)</span></span></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41311.2&return_msg=41311.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41311.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41311_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_41311_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">10 Dec 2014 17:12</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">3 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.3">41311.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I can think of a few reasons why it wouldn't work. It accesses services on the host is number 1. Maybe a vnc -type solution could work, dunno if the NAS supports it though.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41311.3&return_msg=41311.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41311.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41311_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_41311_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">10 Dec 2014 17:13</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Monsoir (PILOTDAN) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Dec 2014 17:15"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.4">41311.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.1#a41311_2" target="_self">41311.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Cool. I'll check it out.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41311.4&return_msg=41311.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41311.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41311_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_41311_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">10 Dec 2014 18:03</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Dec 2014 18:36"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.5">41311.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.1#a41311_1" target="_self">41311.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> An SSH Socks proxy would work as well. <br /> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41311.5&return_msg=41311.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41311.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41311_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_41311_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">10 Dec 2014 18:41</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Dec 2014 19:16"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.6">41311.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.1#a41311_5" target="_self">41311.5</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Possibly even better.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41311.6&return_msg=41311.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41311.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41311_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_41311_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">10 Dec 2014 19:17</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Dec 2014 19:56"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.7">41311.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.1#a41311_6" target="_self">41311.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> That's usually how I access browser based stuff on my local network from outside.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41311.7&return_msg=41311.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41311.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41311_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_41311_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">10 Dec 2014 20:10</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Dec 2014 20:22"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.8">41311.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.1#a41311_7" target="_self">41311.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Looks a good deal more secure, but I guess I need to get a port opened for it.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41311.8&return_msg=41311.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41311.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41311_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_41311_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">10 Dec 2014 20:26</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Dec 2014 20:31"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 9</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.9">41311.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41311.1#a41311_8" target="_self">41311.8</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Yeah, obscure port, maybe some security through obscurity with a relatively complex password (or shared ssh key).<br /> <br /> If it's a Linux system that has other user accounts it's possible to restrict logins on those accounts to certain IP ranges (LAN IP range). Leaving only your "secure" account for outside access.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 10 Dec 2014 20:26 by ANT_THOMAS</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41311.9&return_msg=41311.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41311.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>