[vdr] Re: vdradmin.pl + stunnel ?

["Mario Ivankovits" <Mario.Ivankovits@ops.co.at>]

Hello !

> > * Juergen Schmidt <ju@ct.heise.de> [09-01-02 12:14]:
> > > I'm using vdradmin.pl to prorgamm my vdr server. Now I'd like to
configure
> > > a *secure* method to access this from outside my LAN. Has anybody
> > > experience with tunneling this port through ssh or stunnel?
> > If this is a cgi-script which running on apache use https.
> Nope - it is implementing its own server on port 8001.

You have to setup a ssh server (sshd) in your network.
Then you could use the port-fowarding feature from "ssh" which you need to
tunnel this port.
e.g.: ssh your-ssh-server-ip -L 8001:your-video-server-ip:8001
Then you could access this port via http://localhost:8001. (localhost = the
pc where you have started ssh (not the ssh-server))
If vdradmin.pl does not too much in security (what i assume) this works
well, i use exactly the same to tunnel connections to apache, cvs,
windows-terminal-server (rdp), telnet, pop, smtp

I dont know how well you know ssh, maybe i could give a explanation in more
detail if needet.

Short-Description:
*) install sshd
*) start ssh-keygen as a user
*) goto ~user/.ssh -> copy identity.pub to authorized_keys
*) install ssh on the client (e.g. ssh from cygwin if windows is the
target), (or use teraterm)
if you use cygwin you only need ssh.exe and cygwin1.dll !!
*) copy ~user/.ssh/identity to your client (this is your private key, keep
it save)
*) start ssh as seen above. maybe you have to set the user and the location
of your identity file
Now you sould be online

Mario