[BlueOnyx:18547] Re: How can one configure additional ethernet ports on BlueOnyx 5209R?

[Peter Yim]

Fantastic! Thank you very much, Michael.

Best, Peter
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On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Michael Stauber <mstauber at blueonyx.it> wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
>> I have tested the scenario on direct adding/editing of the network
>> scripts for "enp2s0f0" and "enp3s0" per your instructions ... and that
>> worked out ok.
>
> Very well.
>
>> On more question ... would direct editing of the /etc/hosts.deny and
>> /etc/hosts.allow file break anything on the GUI?
>
> No, that's perfectly fine. There is a third party module available in
> the BlueOnyx shop named APF. That's a firewall with GUI. But it also
> includes a module that extends the "Network Services" / "Shell" GUI page
> with GeoIP protection for SSH.
>
> With that you can lock down SSH to only accept SSH connections that
> originate in whitelisted countries. That part of the optional shop
> module "APF" is (so far) the only GUI component that ever would modify
> /etc/hosts.allow or /etc/hosts.deny. But even then: It edits the files
> to make the desired changes. It doesn't replace or remove anything from
> those files that you might have added yourself.
>
> --
> With best regards
>
> Michael Stauber
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