Subj : Re: Nightmares / Dreams
To   : Spectre
From : Gamgee
Date : Sat Apr 02 2022 10:17:00

-=> Spectre wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Sp> I keep the BBS on some random number port also, because I wan't
 Sp> local access to the regular port services/numbering.  But I
 Sp> forward port 23 (telnet) for me, to that random numbered port at
 Sp> my router so its the only telnet service available to the outside
 Sp> world. This works nicely in that if I telnet to my external IP it
 Sp> comes back in to the BBS like a regular port 22 session, and if
 Sp> telnet/ssh to the local ip number I've got the regular service
 Sp> available for console work.

Not quite sure I follow all that, but OK.

 Sp> If your setup was a bit different, you could have your BBS on 23
 Sp> and shift the regular service out on a different port number.
 Sp> Telnet/ssh would still be available but you'd have to remember
 Sp> the extra port inf, and probably limit access to your local
 Sp> subnet only.

I do keep my BBS telnet access on 23.  The reason I don't want to do 
that with SSH/22 is because I want to use SSH/22 for internal/LAN access 
to the BBS machine.  I don't have any need for local telnet/23 access.



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