[lugm.org] SSH Tunneling vs VPN

Yuv Joodhisty locustv2 at gmail.com
Mon May 18 16:09:38 UTC 2015


What do you mean by a jailkit Keshwarsingh?

@Loganaden - actually its just a ubuntu server running on my VM and im
using putty on windows to ssh to the server. everything works until i add
the PermitTTY 0 to my sshd config and putty cant open the ssh connection.

On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Keshwarsingh Nadan <
Keshwarsingh.Nadan at servihoo.net> wrote:

> And who is "puffy software" ?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 18, 2015, at 12:08, Loganaden Velvindron <gnukid1 at yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Is this a server in production ?
>
> I can answer this question through my own company (Puffy software).
>
>
>
>   On Monday, 18 May 2015, 10:29, Yuv Joodhisty <locustv2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I looked at your suggested methods and it seems that the PermitTTY is a
> much cleaner solution.
>
> I just tried using this method by adding a group 'sshusers' which then i
> allowed using AllowGroups sshusers followed by PermitTTY 0.
> When i try to ssh using this config, i am getting a connection error. It
> doesn't even prompt for the user's password. Any idea?
>
> Also how can i have PermitTTY 0 for only a specific group while the rest
> can run a shell?
>
> Thanks
> Yuv
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 8:15 PM, Keshwarsingh Nadan <
> Keshwarsingh.Nadan at servihoo.net> wrote:
>
> Chroot ? Much better?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 15, 2015, at 20:09, Loganaden Velvindron <gnukid1 at yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Yuv,
>
> Please set a User/Match rule in sshd for this user and disable PTY
> allocation using:
>
> *PermitTTY 0.*
>
> *No TTY allocation doesn't allow a user to run a shell. He can only tunnel
> :)*
>
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>   On Thursday, 14 May 2015, 14:01, Yuv Joodhisty <locustv2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> I prefer SSH Tunneling also and it is easier to configure than a VPN.
>
> But i have some question though. Let's say you have a small server and
> other users need to access it via ssh tunneling. Is there any way to create
> a very limited user on linux for this purpose? A user who cannot do any
> root commands, sudo su, etc.., or even cannot do anything at all. I don;t
> know much about user administration on linux.
>
> Thanks
> Yuv
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 10:24 AM, selven <pcthegreat at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I prefer to do tunneling via ssh that to fiddle with anything vpn, though
> i don't do these for users. Mostly for private use.
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Yuv Joodhisty <locustv2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey guys, what do you think about SSH Tunneling, a.k.a Poor Techie's VPN
> vs VPN. Anyone here got experience in using any of these want to share some
> thoughts?
>
> Regards
> Yuv
>
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