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Special Forums Cybersecurity VPN Initial Connection Problem Post 302856323 by Lost in Cyberia on Monday 23rd of September 2013 03:12:41 PM

09-23-2013

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VPN Initial Connection Problem

Hey everyone. I have a problem, but it may be my lack of understanding that is the cause. Ok so I attend a technical school, and needless to say there's a lot of wannabe hackers, pranksters and what not.

So from my laptop I'd like to connect to the wireless AP's around campus, but security is a concern of mine. So I'd like to use SSH to create a tunnel to the AP, and back to my house where I have an 'always on' connection. The whereabouts of my location doesn't matter, I'm doing it more just to have a secure connection to the wifi access point, from potential wireshark captures and man in the middle attacks.

My problem is thus, I want to do an ssh user@hostaddress -D 8080 from the terminal. This says create a secure connection to my user at my home address, and put all traffic through port 8080. But I can't execute this because my school has one of those "Login to use wifi" pages. Where you must supply your credentials that you are a student before any connections can be made.

So I'd have to put in my student ID and password, before I can even set up the tunnel to the wifi. This isn't just with my school, it's also at starbucks. You must supply a password to their wifi, unencrypted, before you can set up the vpn to the AP. This first initial step may seem trivial, but it's the kind of thing I want to avoid. Is there anyway to set up the vpn to the AP before having to prove my access to the login page?

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uucpd

uucpd(1M)																 uucpd(1M)

NAME

       uucpd  -  UUCP over TCP/IP server daemon

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

       is the server for supporting UUCP connections over TCP/IP networks.

       is  invoked  by	(see  inetd(1M))  when a UUCP connection is established (that is, a connection to the port indicated in the "uucp" service
       specification; see services(4)), and executes the following protocol:

       1) The server prompts with "login:".  The process at the other end must supply a username.

       2) If the username refers to an account without a password, the server then prompts with "Password:".  The process at the  other  end  must
	  supply the password for that account.

       The connection is dropped if one or more of the following conditions occurs:

	      o  The username is not valid.

	      o  The username is valid but refers to an account that does not have as its login shell.

	      o  The password authentication fails due to an incorrect password to that account.

	      o  The  password	authentication	fails  due to the settings in Refer to the security(4) manpage for detailed information on config-
		 urable parameters that affect the password authentication.

       If the connection is successful, is run (see uucico(1M)).  Entries are made in traceable with the and commands (see who(1) and last(1)).

   Protocol Restriction
       Only the "g" protocol for is supported.

DIAGNOSTICS

       All diagnostic messages are returned on the connection, after which the connection is closed.
       An error occurred while reading the username.

       An error occurred while reading the password.

       The username or the password is invalid or the user's login
	      shell for this account is not

WARNINGS

       On Trusted Systems, prohibits to start if any of the following conditions are true :

	      o  The login account is locked (several causes).

	      o  The current time does not match existing time-of-day restrictions for this account.

       Under such conditions, will return the message to the connection.  The connection is then dropped.

       HP-UX 11i Version 3 is the last release to support trusted systems functionality.

AUTHOR

       was developed by the University of California, Berkeley and HP.

FILES

       configuration file for inetd
       optional security file for inetd
       service name data base
       login data base
       security defaults configuration file

SEE ALSO

       inetd(1M), uucico(1M), pam(3), updatebwdb(3C), security(4), services(4).

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