[CLUE-Tech] Re: ssh tunnel for web access

[Angelo Bertolli]

I think you might be able to use stunnel:
http://www.stunnel.org/

I'm only experienced with using it for mail protocols, but maybe these 
links will help you come up with a solution for HTTP:
http://www.freebsddiary.org/stunnel.php
http://novalug.tux.org/presents/stunnel/stunnel-certs.html
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/ref-guide/s1-email-security.html

I'm not sure how much of a VPN you need, or if you just need a secure 
connection.  If you need a simple VPN set up, you can use PPP-SSH:
http://www.linux.com/howtos/ppp-ssh/index.shtml

Angelo

>
> Subject:
> [CLUE-Tech] ssh tunnel for web access
> From:
> Dave Price <kinaole at gmail.com>
> Date:
> Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:13:38 -0700
> To:
> CLUE-Tech at clue.denver.co.us
>
> To:
> CLUE-Tech at clue.denver.co.us
>
>
>Good morning,
>
>I think this is possible, but don't know how: 
>
>I want to tunnel a web connection thru a firewall.  i.e. I have a
>web-based database application that work fine inside of a private
>network.  I would like to implement a very limited 'vpn' for this
>application using remote linux clients.
>
>The clients will have internet access, but not real vpn access in to
>the LAN where the applicaitonserver is running.  I can forward a
>secure port through the firewall to the application host tho.
>
>If I can use ssh to connect to the application host,  can I then start
>a web browser so that it knows to use the 'tunnel' to connect to this
>specific web server?
>
>I know that I could use X-forwarding and run the browser sessions on
>the server, but I don't think this is the best way to 'split out' the
>load.
>
>Will I need to do something special with apache on the web server in
>order to have this work too?
>
>Thanks for your help - have a great Friday.
>
>aloha,
>dave
>  
>