[mythtv-users] Open VPN server on backend

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Karl,

Friday, November 20, 2015, 12:57:11 AM, you wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:

>> On Nov 19, 2015 4:42 PM, "Ben Kamen" <bkamen at benjammin.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > On 2015-11-19 3:36 PM, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Thursday, November 19, 2015 03:34:11 PM Ian Evans wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > My combined frontend/backend has 2gb of RAM. After too many times of
>> >>
>> >> > needing a file from the home network, I'm thinking of running an
>> openvpn
>> >>
>> >> > server. Anyone running one on their MythTV box? Is it pretty light
>> load
>> >>
>> >> > wise?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Why not just SSH? Do you need to do more than transfer files?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Yep!
>> >
>> > SSH with SCP/SFTP -- and you're golden!
>> >
>>
>> That would be fine if the main target was the myth box, but I'm looking to
>> have access to files on my windows desktop and the sftp option would mean
>> running an ftp server there as opposed to just having network access.
>>
>>
> What about port forwarding using SSH? Not sure how practical it is for
> accessing windows shares, but just thought I'd mention it because I use ssh
> to remotely access devices on my home network (such as my router's web
> interface, which is not exposed to the open web).

> Karl


You don't need to run the vpn server on your Mythbox. It just needs to
be inside your lan. Mine is running on my router/firewall. Through it
I can acces anything as if I'm there. As long as I do not block it on
the firewall.

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