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News and Announcements / Re: Usage of eBox Platform

« on: August 26, 2009, 09:00:12 pm »

Using Ebox on a multi-purpose home server.

Using Ebox for the gateway, firewall, fileserver, VPN (access to personal files at work and webserver

Also using it as a Home Theatre system. For that i'm running Deluge bittorrent server, firefly DAAP server, and Moovida (on gnome)

Would like's for Ebox:

• Do easy traffic shaping. Only have one internet connection, but I would like to be able to prioritize traffic (e.g. http before ftp before bittorrent etc.
• FTP access to your Samba shares (using the same username/password)
• Full webhosting management: manage hosting domains and related postgreSQL and MySQL db's and FTP accounts. Preferably manageable in the user corner after users have been set for webhosting management.
• Expand office capabilities to be able to fully compete with Exchange, including MAPI protocol using OpenChange. Not sure how far Ebox is on this part, not really using these things yet

Oh and: Keep up the good work! This might just be what the industry needs to get GNU/Linux mainstream in business!

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Installation and Upgrades / Re: firewall issue: bug or feature?

« on: August 26, 2009, 08:27:28 pm »

Confirmed. Updated using APT and did a full reboot. I can now access all the services on the gateway from the internal network using the dyndns address that points to my external interface IP.

Great! thanks!

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Installation and Upgrades / Re: Dyndns and firewall issue

« on: August 25, 2009, 12:01:02 am »

That indeed was the same issue. Solution posted there fixed my problem. Thanks.

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Installation and Upgrades / Re: firewall issue: bug or feature?

« on: August 25, 2009, 12:00:17 am »

Hi, I was experiencing the same bug. The command solved it. Thanks! However, I'm afraid this issue will return if the system reboots or the firewall is reset.

I'm using the 1.2 PPA. Is there any chance an updated package will be released in which this is fixed?

Oh, and is there a bug that we can track to monitor in which release this fix is included?

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Installation and Upgrades / Dyndns and firewall issue

« on: July 27, 2009, 12:18:16 am »

Hi,

I'm experiencing some strange firewall behavior. Hope someone can help me sort this out:

I'm managing my Hardy box with Ebox. It is serving as (amongst others) a firewall. I'm also using dyndns.org (through ebox) for easy remote access. Running a ssh server, webserver, deluge bittorrent daemon with webinterface, firefly daap daemon with webinterface etc.

Firewall settings:

• All traffic from LAN to WAN is allowed
• All traffic between LAN and Ebox is allowed
• All traffic from Ebox to WAN is allowed
• Access from WAN to Ebox is allowed only for the ports required for above-mentioned services (e.g. ssh, http, 8112, etc.)
• I've set no rules for WAN to LAN (e.g. assuming this is all blocked by default)

I can access all these services from the LAN using the server's 10.0.0.1 IP address I have assigned to it. For example, going to http://10.0.0.1:8112 will give me the Deluge webui and ssh to 10.0.0.1 works.
I can also access all these services from remote locations by using the dyndns address. E.g. going to http://myname.dyndns.org:8112 will give me the Deluge webui and ssh to myname.dyndns.org also works just fine.

What I cannot do is use the dyndns URLs from inside the local area network. All services time out (firefox saying "connecting to http://myname.dyndns.org:8112"). The only service for which the dyndns URLs work from the LAN and WAN is the regular Apache webserver (e.g. port 80).

To me this looks like a firewall configuration issue. What do I need to change to be able to use the dyndns URL from inside the internal network?

Thanks!

p.s. other than this small issue, Ebox is great!