How to access a server http port 80 with port forwarding behind a router but require a password

[Judd Pickell]

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,  <leegold at speedymail.org> 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.
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