I know cox will allow port 443 on home servers so that's half. The other is setting up Apache to require authentication. On Jun 30, 2011 5:28 PM, "Judd Pickell" wrote: > Before you get too excited, most home network providers don't allow > riding port 80. You can always use a different port like 8081 to > bypass. Standard Authentication is doable via .htaccess with apache, > however you goal is to be secure so you will likely want to setup a > HTTPS port with basic authentication in Apache that you will point to. > Not the most perfect solution but it does do roughly what you are > wanting. > > Sincerely, > Judd Pickell > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 5:22 PM, wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. >> >> I have an intranet server behind a NAT router. Very standard linksys >> router home setup. The server has a static IP. I used port forwarding in >> the router to use SSH and log into the server remotely - it works OK. >> >> I want no one outside my home network to access any webpages on the >> server unless they're authenticated.. I know I could port forward like >> with ssh but with http port 80 and then see webpages , but again this >> would open it up to anyone with my cable modem's IP - wouldn't it? >> >> I need a secure way like SSH that requires a password before anyone >> could access port 80 and http from the server from a remote network. >> >> How do I do this? And on the local network people can get served pages >> normally as usual. Just remote would need authentication. Must be >> commonly done(?) >> >> Thanks, >> >> Lee G. >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss