Remote Access

[ngrayson]

Having now got ADSl, it offers me an opportunity I did not have before.

I would like to be able to access my home server (but not network) from home. For email, gatekeeper & possibly FTP. I realise I can open ports on the firewall but am not happy that they are open for one and all.

My access is from my works computer on a defined (and public) IP address. Is there any way I can open a port and perform source address checking so that I try to ensure its only me gaining access using wingate?

Cheers,
Neil

[genie]

Yes, you can set up a policy which check the source IP address of the new connection. Your other alternative might be Wingate VPN, where you can connect your two computers seemlesly.

[ngrayson]

Hi Genie,

Thanks for the quick reply.

I cant justify VPN for the usage I will give it.

I can see how to open the ports up as I have done it before but the only opions appear to be an unconditional allow, deny or redirect but not how the check incoming source address.

Could you give me a quick Step 1,2,3 and I'll take it from there.

Many thanks,
Neil

[genie]

Aye, you have to change/create policy for ENS handling - add a recepient everyone and apply location restriction policy

[ChrisH]

Neil,

You might consider also authenticating remotely via GateKeeper. Then set up access policy based on authenticated user. This could be in addition to IP location policy. Just a thought.