Port Forwarding Script

[admin at kclinux.net]

Dustin Decker said:
> On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 admin at kclinux.net wrote:
>
>> I'm currently setting up a Red Hat 7.3 server for a client of mine.
>> The server is going to be a internet gateway, firewall, etc etc etc.
>> But for my client's I.T. department to remotely connect to the Windows
>> 2000/XP workstations, I need port forwarding.  Thats simple enough.
>> Does anyone know of a web based (PHP preferred) that does port
>> forwarding?  Like go to the web page, enter the computer's IP address,
>> and it sets port XXX to connect to port XXX on the workstation?
>
> This is something I traditionally recommend be done on your firewall.
> Right behind that, I'd recommend your firewall be just that - a
> firewall  and nothing more.
>
> You might find SmoothWall worth a look - it's not cpu intensive - a
> lean  firewall distro that I've had a great deal of success with.
> (www.smoothwall.org)
>
> Another method - if ignoring the first two statements - would perhaps
> be  "rinetd" which is a port forwarding daemon.  It doesn't have a GUI
> web  interface - but it's not expected (I would hope) that port
> forwards will  be established and modified with any great frequency.
>
> Dustin
>
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