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by **Wil** » Mon, 19 Mar 2001 13:36:58

Hi.
I have a home network with internet sharing ran by the Sygate program on
a Win98 machine.
I'm one of the client that uses the internet sharing. I've installed Redhat
7 along with a telnet server
on my computer. The other computers in my home network can telnet into my
computer fine,
but people cannot telnet into my computer via the Internet. Is there anyway
for people on the
Internet to logon to my computer even though I'm not really the host?

Tidbits:
Server computer
64.168.xxx.xxx (IP connected to the net)
169.254.104.1 (Local IP)
My computer
169.254.104.2
Other computer(s)
169.254.104.x

Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

-Wil

by **Ian Northeas** » Mon, 19 Mar 2001 22:24:54

> Hi.
> I have a home network with internet sharing ran by the Sygate program on
> a Win98 machine.
> I'm one of the client that uses the internet sharing. I've installed Redhat
> 7 along with a telnet server
> on my computer. The other computers in my home network can telnet into my
> computer fine,
> but people cannot telnet into my computer via the Internet. Is there anyway
> for people on the
> Internet to logon to my computer even though I'm not really the host?

You can probably do it if this Sygate program can do port forwarding -
forward port 23 to the telnet server (and check /etc/hosts.allow and
deny).

But are you *sure* you want to do this? It really is not secure at all.
You should look at ssh, which RH7 includes. Do not allow incoming telnet
if there are any valuable data on any machine in your network. Telnet
does no encryption, even the password is sent in clear.

by **Barnaby Mannerin** » Tue, 20 Mar 2001 06:48:28

On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 13:24:54 +0000, Ian Northeast

>> Hi.
>> I have a home network with internet sharing ran by the Sygate program on
>> a Win98 machine.
>> I'm one of the client that uses the internet sharing. I've installed Redhat
>> 7 along with a telnet server
>> on my computer. The other computers in my home network can telnet into my
>> computer fine,
>> but people cannot telnet into my computer via the Internet. Is there anyway
>> for people on the
>> Internet to logon to my computer even though I'm not really the host?

>You can probably do it if this Sygate program can do port forwarding -
>forward port 23 to the telnet server (and check /etc/hosts.allow and
>deny).

>But are you *sure* you want to do this? It really is not secure at all.
>You should look at ssh, which RH7 includes. Do not allow incoming telnet
>if there are any valuable data on any machine in your network. Telnet
>does no encryption, even the password is sent in clear.

I agree with all that, if you need a program to do the port forward I
wrote a windows 9x/NT/2000/ME program which will do the port forward

you are interested.

by **Wil** » Tue, 20 Mar 2001 08:04:28

Thank you two for all the help.
The program would be great.
-Wil

> On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 13:24:54 +0000, Ian Northeast

> >> Hi.
> >> I have a home network with internet sharing ran by the Sygate
program on
> >> a Win98 machine.
> >> I'm one of the client that uses the internet sharing. I've installed
Redhat
> >> 7 along with a telnet server
> >> on my computer. The other computers in my home network can telnet into
my
> >> computer fine,
> >> but people cannot telnet into my computer via the Internet. Is there
anyway
> >> for people on the
> >> Internet to logon to my computer even though I'm not really the host?

> >You can probably do it if this Sygate program can do port forwarding -
> >forward port 23 to the telnet server (and check /etc/hosts.allow and
> >deny).

> >But are you *sure* you want to do this? It really is not secure at all.
> >You should look at ssh, which RH7 includes. Do not allow incoming telnet
> >if there are any valuable data on any machine in your network. Telnet
> >does no encryption, even the password is sent in clear.

> I agree with all that, if you need a program to do the port forward I
> wrote a windows 9x/NT/2000/ME program which will do the port forward

> you are interested.

by **Dean Thompso** » Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:54:16

Hi!,

Quote:> I have a home network with internet sharing ran by the Sygate program on
> a Win98 machine. I'm one of the client that uses the internet sharing.
> I've installed Redhat 7 along with a telnet server on my computer. The
> other computers in my home network can telnet into my computer fine,
> but people cannot telnet into my computer via the Internet. Is there anyway
> for people on the Internet to logon to my computer even though I'm not
> really the host?

Do you have IP forwarding enabled on your server and have you setup IP
Masq'ing. Additionally, I would recommend that you would use the network
range of 192.168.x.y for local machines. It isn't a good idea taking a valid
IP address and using it within a local network unless you have strict border
controls preventing the leaking of packets.

See ya

Dean Thompson

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Telnet server and Internet sharing.

Telnet server and Internet sharing.

Telnet server and Internet sharing.

Telnet server and Internet sharing.

Telnet server and Internet sharing.

Telnet server and Internet sharing.