pritchard9 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I would like to use SSH tunneling, mainly because I'm sick of my schools filtering, but also for general security, however I dont want to have to leave my home computer on all the time. I've seen a few websites offering "free" UNIX shell accounts on servers. But so far, I havent been able to find one that is actually free, and doesnt require donations. Does anyone know of such a website? Or is there an alternative solution to my problem? I was hoping to use PuTTY portable and portable Firefox. Thanks in advance. (I know theres a recent thread similar to this, but I didnt want to thread-jack..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Get a DynDNS address(they are free) point it to your home box, open the firwall and port forward on the router port 22, install OpenSSh(If windows) or run linux and tunnel through your home machine. And its all free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Get a WRT54G or other embedded device and run the server there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Get a WRT54G or other embedded device and run the server there. Thats great if you want to spend the money for a new router, but if looking for completely "free" alternative as he stated, just use what you already have. Unless of course your current router can be flashed, then your already half way there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 There is an opportunity for some kinda Hak5 shell accounts here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pritchard9 Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 Thanks for the replies :) @digip: Thanks. But doesnt that require leaving my home machine on all the time? I was hoping that wouldnt be neccesary. @VaKo: Wow, seriously? How? Cheers, pritchardo92 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 doesnt that require leaving my home machine on all the time? I was hoping that wouldnt be neccesary. Well, you would need your machine on if you were using it to tunnel through. Alternative is saving up some money and buying your own domain that offers shell acocunts, like DreamHost does. If VaKo is handing out freebies though, by all means, go for it. I use my DreamHost site for ssh tunneling, but again, not free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pritchard9 Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 Definately checking out DreamHost digip, thanks. Any alternatives guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 What I meant was this would be a good point for a bunch of like minded people to group together and work out how to build and run a service that provides shell accounts for community members. This isn't the first time people have asked, and I know that I've needed one in the past. Normally I just google for "free shell account", but it would be a nice for the community if we could provide stuff like this ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pritchard9 Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 What I meant was this would be a good point for a bunch of like minded people to group together and work out how to build and run a service that provides shell accounts for community members. This isn't the first time people have asked, and I know that I've needed one in the past. Normally I just google for "free shell account", but it would be a nice for the community if we could provide stuff like this ourselves. Wow, that sounds pretty damn aweseom VaKo. Id sure as hell donate money for that project :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Money isn't so much of an issue, technical skill and motivation are based on previous Hak5 projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pritchard9 Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 Awryt VaKo. I'm not THAT tech-savvy to be honest, but I'd like to help out. Sounds good, and I could see it helping out more than a few people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vector Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 use your cell phone. also i have a few megashell accounts with xizbition. i wouldnt mind sharing one or two logins with some of you that are hak5 regulars. just dont do shady shit and get the whole megashell account locked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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