Sometimes we want better-than-firewall security for things. For instance: An industrial control system for a municipal water-treatment plant should never have data come in or out Or, a variant of the industrial control system: it should only permit telemetry and monitoring data out, and nothing else in or out A system dedicated to keeping your GPG private keys secure should only have material to sign (or decrypt) come in, and signatures (or decrypted data) go out A system keeping your tax rec...| www.complete.org
This page will describe how to run an Internet Kermit server, like the quux.org Kermit Server that was featured in my article Try the Last Internet Kermit Server. I am basing this on the ckermit package in Debian. But these concepts should be broadly applicable to any system. The Internet Kermit Server is known as IKSD. It listens on a TCP port, 1649 by default. This is only one way to access a remote Kermit.| www.complete.org
I am a programmer, manager, hobbyist, advocate, volunteer, dad, and nature lover. I live out on an old farmstead in rural Kansas that once belonged to my grandparents. The nearest paved road is about 3 miles away, and the nearest town (population 600) is 7 miles away. I have three incredible children, which I might occasionally mention on my blog. I am the manager of www.complete.org and quux.org. Social & Contacts I write a lot on my blog.| www.complete.org