Your def right about front facing being a security issue. All I need it for is 
to be able to dl a backed file remotely through the interface. How's setting up 
a VPN sound?

On Feb 17, 2012, at 4:47 PM, Arnold Krille <arnold AT arnoldarts DOT de> wrote:

> On Friday 17 February 2012 13:02:07 Steve Willoughby wrote:
>> On 17-Feb-12 12:35, Les Mikesell wrote:
>>> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Zach Lanich <zlanich AT gmail DOT com
>>> <mailto:zlanich AT gmail DOT com>> wrote:
>>>    How do I access my backuppc interface from outside the local
>>>    network? I have a webserver set up through isp config and I can get
>>>    to my website I built but isp gives me a 500 error when i try to
>>>    access backuppc.
>>> 
>>> The packaged apache config probably restricts access to the local host.
>>> In the EPEL rpm that would be in /etc/httpd/conf.d/BackupPC.conf, but
>>> the ubuntu version might be somewhere else.   If you can find it, change
>>> it to allow from all and restart apache (if you are sure you want to do
>>> that...).
>> 
>> "If you are sure you want to do that..."
>> 
>> Re-read Les' last sentence a few times and let it really sink in before
>> going further with this.
>> 
>> BackupPC has essentially root-level access to all your backed-up
>> systems, and certainly has access to all their file data (and can
>> restore back onto them, probably).
>> 
>> Do you *really* feel confident that the way you log in to BackupPC over
>> the web is secure?  Using only HTTPS?  Checking certificates properly?
>> Even with that, you're 100% sure your webserver can't be compromised
>> from the outside?
>> 
>> If you really need this, perhaps a better thing to do would be to SSH in
>> to the host and set up a tunnel over that SSH connection to reach your
>> BackupPC server.
> 
> Even if your apache and perl/cgi and backuppc is save from any hacking, is 
> the 
> rest of the system invincible too?
> Do you really want to save your backups of crucial machines on hardware 
> physically controlled by someone else?
> 
> It is less of a problem when its data from servers in the same third-party-
> operated datacenter. But when the data housed inside your business goes 
> outside for backups, you should really make sure all is save. And with 
> backuppc its not only the data itself, but also the access to the backed-up 
> machines.
> 
> Have fun,
> 
> Arnold
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