Re: [PLUG] Accessing IP-dependent pages from home...

[Guillermo Moyna <g.moyna@usip.edu>]

> I am concerned that this may be considered violating the license.

You are right, I will have to check with IT/library first. However, 
if I limited the access by making it only accessible to those who 
have accounts on tonga (which are all USP faculty/students), I think 
it should be OK...

> If tonga's existing nic is plugged into the same segment that's doing
> 10.1.x.x DHCP, you don't need a second nic.  Just bring up a secondary IP
> in that range:
>
>  ifconfig eth0:1 10.1.2.3 up
>
> ..that is, of course, wrong, because it's not using dhcp.  But I'm not sure
> how to do one IP via DHCP, and one static.

I think it does not have to be DHCP, it only needs to be in the 
10.1.x.x range. As a matter of fact, my Mac is static but in the 
10.1.x.x range and able to access the databases. So I have to talk to 
IT anyway to let them know that I will be snatching an IP from that 
range...

> Then set your routing up so that the IPs for the hosts you're trying to
> connect to are routed through the 10.x gateway, and set your default
> gateway tonga is currently using.

I think I should be able to do this with minimal problems. What still 
puzzles me is, how will the machine now it has to use its 10.x IP 
(and gateway) when connecting to the world through lynx or netscape?

> Now how are you accessing this data ?  If it's all via http, you could
> install an http proxy server, and you'd be done.

Now, this is what I had originally thought about, but after getting 
some info I was utterly confused. Who whould this work? I beleive 
that I have to set up a proxy server on tonga (that should use the 
10.x router), and then somehow access it from home using a browser, 
right? How? Will I be prompted for passwords (I hope so, otherwise 
anyone could access the databases and everything else, as I would 
have left a nice big hole in the firewall...).

Any ideas/suggestions/directions welcomed. Take care,

Guillermo

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