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Re: POST to secure server

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On 28/03/13 09:19, Arved Sandstrom wrote:
> On 03/28/2013 05:49 AM, lipska the kat wrote:
>> On 27/03/13 23:11, Arved Sandstrom wrote:
>>> On 03/27/2013 09:34 AM, RVic wrote:
>>>> Thanks for all your responses. I'm finding out from the client that
>>>> they have no exposed URLs that my servlet call can come in on, and
>>>> they need to somehow provide that on their end.
>>> [ SNIP ]
>>>
>>> Errr, to me that means that someone set up the servlet engine (Tomcat or
>>> whatever) with HTTP/HTTPS ports that are blocked by a firewall. And they
>>> are simply saying that they need to open up those ports.
>>>
>>> I'd let the client do just that.
>>
>> The OP has already said that due to 'academic bureaucracy that is not an
>> option although I agree it's the ideal solution.
>
> He also used the term "client". If that's actually the relationship, to
> me that changes the entire equation here. The OP is clearly talking to
> these folks, based on his wording above, so it does sound like there is
> a work relationship.
>
> Given that, the client opening up a port or two in a firewall is
> absolutely an option.

Well possibly, I remember trying to get root access to a Solaris box 
back in the day when I was a drunken bum, er I mean student, it was 
something akin to asking for access to the deans personal bank account. 
There were meetings and meetings and meetings to plan meetings ... it 
took three weeks just to get the cave dwelling troglodyte who managed 
these things to set up a single Solaris box, and I was writing software 
*for* the University.

As I see it, if the target server has ssh up and the developer can use 
ssh to implement a solution then that means he can do so without waiting 
an eternity for some doofus to open up a port then that sounds like a 
solution to me, in fact, it's such a neat solution that I'm tempted to 
get a tunnel set up to one of my remote servers and give it a go.

Incidentally, Zenmap reports three open ports on moonprod.com one of 
which may be an httpd on 80 so it looks like they have it fairly tightly 
locked down.

lipska

Lipska the Kat©: Troll hunter, sandbox destroyer
and farscape dreamer of Aeryn Sun

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POST to secure server RVic <rvince99@hotmail.com> - 2013-03-26 04:46 -0700
  Re: POST to secure server lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-26 13:43 +0000
  Re: POST to secure server markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-03-26 09:51 -0700
  Re: POST to secure server Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-03-26 19:00 -0700
  Re: POST to secure server RVic <rvince99@hotmail.com> - 2013-03-27 05:34 -0700
    Re: POST to secure server lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-27 13:07 +0000
    Re: POST to secure server Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-03-27 20:11 -0300
      Re: POST to secure server markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-03-27 19:38 -0700
      Re: POST to secure server lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-28 08:49 +0000
        Re: POST to secure server Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-03-28 10:17 +0100
        Re: POST to secure server Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-03-28 06:19 -0300
          Re: POST to secure server lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-28 09:54 +0000
            Re: POST to secure server Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-03-28 20:51 -0300
  Re: POST to secure server RVic <rvince99@hotmail.com> - 2013-03-27 06:24 -0700
  Re: POST to secure server Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-03-27 14:37 +0100
  Re: POST to secure server RVic <rvince99@hotmail.com> - 2013-03-27 06:45 -0700
    Re: POST to secure server Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-03-27 15:08 +0100
  Re: POST to secure server RVic <rvince99@hotmail.com> - 2013-03-27 08:39 -0700
    Re: POST to secure server lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-27 17:30 +0000
  Re: POST to secure server RVic <rvince99@hotmail.com> - 2013-03-27 13:26 -0700
    Re: POST to secure server Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-03-28 10:05 +0100
    Re: POST to secure server lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-28 10:34 +0000
  Re: POST to secure server RVic <rvince99@hotmail.com> - 2013-03-28 05:02 -0700
    Re: POST to secure server lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-28 12:22 +0000
  Re: POST to secure server RVic <rvince99@hotmail.com> - 2013-04-02 07:07 -0700
    Re: POST to secure server Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-04-02 22:39 +0200
    Re: POST to secure server lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-04-03 10:39 +0100
      Re: POST to secure server Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-04-03 15:32 +0200
        Re: POST to secure server lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-04-03 15:34 +0100

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