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| dubing@gmail.com 2006-05-17, 1:16 pm |
| Hello everyone,
Every now and then, I need some way to connect from outside our company
or university to see if our security settings work. Specifically, I
need accounts at other places. How do you folks usually do it? Is it
commonly done based on personal network? I'm not clear if there are
any providers that offer such kind of account services (free even?).
I'd appreciate any advice.
Bing
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| Barry Margolin 2006-05-17, 7:16 pm |
| In article <1147875400.816080.276270@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
dubing@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Every now and then, I need some way to connect from outside our company
> or university to see if our security settings work. Specifically, I
> need accounts at other places. How do you folks usually do it? Is it
> commonly done based on personal network? I'm not clear if there are
> any providers that offer such kind of account services (free even?).
>
> I'd appreciate any advice.
Umm, don't you read these newsgroups? At least 2-3 times a week someone
posts messages to various comp.unix.* groups about "free shells".
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
*** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
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| dubing@gmail.com 2006-05-18, 1:16 pm |
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Barry Margolin wrote:
> Umm, don't you read these newsgroups? At least 2-3 times a week someone
> posts messages to various comp.unix.* groups about "free shells".
Not very often. But I know that's not an excuse for not doing research
on my own before posting. Based on your hint, I've searched 'free
shell' through this group and tried the account services provided by
sdf.lonestar.org. That one requires member fee to be able to use ssh,
etc. Now I'm thinking it would be great for me to simulate an
'outside' environment in my local environment. Anyway, thanks for the
heads-up.
Bing
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| Michael B. Trausch 2006-05-19, 1:25 am |
| dubing@gmail.com wrote in
<1147969877.959208.322260@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> on Thu, May 18 2006
12:31:
>
> Barry Margolin wrote:
>
>
> Not very often. But I know that's not an excuse for not doing research
> on my own before posting. Based on your hint, I've searched 'free
> shell' through this group and tried the account services provided by
> sdf.lonestar.org. That one requires member fee to be able to use ssh,
> etc. Now I'm thinking it would be great for me to simulate an
> 'outside' environment in my local environment. Anyway, thanks for the
> heads-up.
>
> Bing
>
SDF is an excellent resource for the free shell type of service, though they
run NetBSD. I would like to find a free provider (with no strings
attached) that provides a Linux shell, just so that I can refer some people
to a system that isn't my own so that they can work on learning
Linux-specific things without using my system.
Anyway, SDF is good. I've been a member of their service for the past five
years, and I've only seen them have one single outage. They're great with
response time, and everything there is good.
- Mike
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| Michael Paoli 2006-05-29, 5:32 pm |
| Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> run NetBSD. I would like to find a free provider (with no strings
> attached) that provides a Linux shell, just so that I can refer some people
> to a system that isn't my own so that they can work on learning
> Linux-specific things without using my system.
$ ssh -x hackbox.coastfx.com. 'umask 077 && exec uname -sr'
hackbox.coastfx.com (Linux System)
if new, login 'new' ..
Linux 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
$
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_...y=2006&safe=off
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| Michael B. Trausch 2006-05-29, 5:32 pm |
| Michael Paoli wrote in
<1148703313.260671.107790@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> on Sat, May 27 2006
00:15:
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> Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>
> $ ssh -x hackbox.coastfx.com. 'umask 077 && exec uname -sr'
> hackbox.coastfx.com (Linux System)
> if new, login 'new' ..
>
> Linux 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
> $
>
Neat -- thank you for the info. Apparently, I just hadn't gotten there yet.
Thanks,
Mike
--
Registered Linux User #417338, machine #325045.
A .45 beats a royal flush EVERY TIME
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