2012-04-22 - Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] Vmware hotspot

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From: Jurica Smolić <ju***c@vilasmolic.co.uk>
Message Hash: 63b848800913ee1755e9f690f0be7f214ea9da4131a0862df02f9a8d71a986ba
Message ID: <03CC45D2-0AD3-4C34-9337-D6047AC5BC7D@vilasmolic.co.uk>
Reply To: <4F947417.9050105@gmail.com>
UTC Datetime: 2012-04-22 14:28:45 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:28:45 +0100

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I get asked to logon to the portal from ubuntu as well as the win host and iphone cluent. I login ok get the logged in screen but does not take me to requested page after a while it times out with dns error...

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On 22 Apr 2012, at 22:11, Tim White <ti***8@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 23/04/12 06:43, Jurica Smolić wrote:
>> 
>> Its not secure at moment so will have to play about with firewall 
>> rules etc but it finally works...
>> 
> I just want to stress that due to the Layer 2 nature of the Grase 
> Hotspot, it really needs bridged interfaces for than LAN side. When you 
> bridge the interface, it should have total control over it (windows 
> shouldn't even care about it), and as windows isn't talking to it, only 
> bridging it, there shouldn't be security concerns.
> 
> For best results, and good security, I highly recommend running it 
> standalone instead of in a virtual machine.
> If your concern is that you can't sacrifice a whole computer to running 
> it, I can suggest ether learning Linux and enjoying a Linux desktop, 
> running Windows as the virtual machine, or ideally, getting a low 
> powered computer that you can dedicate to the Hotspot. I've been 
> investigating low powered embedded style devices, and PC Enginges ALIX 
> boards are perfect for it!
> 
> Tim
> 
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