Logon to OSX Server from internet (outside of office access)

minimansion · 01-04-2003, 03:05 AM

I have OSX server up and running at my organization with several clients being able to logon at the office. Does anybody know what I would need to setup to have them be able to logon from home? Does that require a VPN setup or just opening of ports on the company firewall? They all run OSX at their homes on their own machines and have broadband internet access..

Even though I prefer OSX, they already can logon to our exchange and outlook using Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection for OSX through Microsoft terminal services. Is there an easy way to do the same thing on the mac OSX Server? All I had to do was open the ports for the RDC clients.

minimansion

Craig R. Arko · 01-04-2003, 08:10 AM

There isn't an equivalent to Terminal Server for OS X (yet). VNC or Timbuktu only allow single remote user access.

You can allow file access by opening up the AFP port (548) on the firewall. You can allow ssh shell login by opening port 22, and Windows filesharing on port 139.

You can use software like Vapor to set up ssh tunnelling for many protocols, so the transactions are encrypted.

minimansion · 01-04-2003, 10:35 AM

So, if you just use OSX as the client the same way you use it on a local intranet, what ports would you need to open for the native OSX processes so you could retrieve your preferences, home folder, etc... and logon over the internet as if you were on the local network?

...for example, if you set up Directory Access to look for authentication via a fixed IP address on the internet where the OSX Server is, what ports would need to be open for it to connect....and would it work at all over the internet or behind a firewall?? Is anybody here doing OSX Server logon over the net??

01-04-2003, 03:05 AM	#1
minimansion Prospect Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3	Logon to OSX Server from internet (outside of office access) I have OSX server up and running at my organization with several clients being able to logon at the office. Does anybody know what I would need to setup to have them be able to logon from home? Does that require a VPN setup or just opening of ports on the company firewall? They all run OSX at their homes on their own machines and have broadband internet access.. Even though I prefer OSX, they already can logon to our exchange and outlook using Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection for OSX through Microsoft terminal services. Is there an easy way to do the same thing on the mac OSX Server? All I had to do was open the ports for the RDC clients. minimansion

01-04-2003, 08:10 AM	#2
Craig R. Arko Site Admin Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 3,988	There isn't an equivalent to Terminal Server for OS X (yet). VNC or Timbuktu only allow single remote user access. You can allow file access by opening up the AFP port (548) on the firewall. You can allow ssh shell login by opening port 22, and Windows filesharing on port 139. You can use software like Vapor to set up ssh tunnelling for many protocols, so the transactions are encrypted.

01-04-2003, 10:35 AM	#3
minimansion Prospect Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3	So, if you just use OSX as the client the same way you use it on a local intranet, what ports would you need to open for the native OSX processes so you could retrieve your preferences, home folder, etc... and logon over the internet as if you were on the local network? ...for example, if you set up Directory Access to look for authentication via a fixed IP address on the internet where the OSX Server is, what ports would need to be open for it to connect....and would it work at all over the internet or behind a firewall?? Is anybody here doing OSX Server logon over the net??