[ale] remote iptables administration

[Jason Day]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 10:05:50AM -0400, Dan Newcombe wrote:
> What I need ot be able to do is have the control box tell box a to
> add/delete this iptable rule, or box b, or both.
> 
> About the only thing I can think of is ssh with host based authentication,

Key based authentication would be slightly more secure.  Then you don't
have to worry about an attacker spoofing your hostname or IP.
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