Answer by satter for Using Supermicro IPMI behind a Proxy?
I've used SSH connection to access my home Supermciro server's IPMI from external locations.TCP port forward is pretty easy, main trick is to forward UDP over SSH. I've used socat for this.My setup,...
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Try tsocks, it should let you run any process through a SOCKS proxy by setting LD_PRELOAD which should work in all subprocesses, see this for example usage. Of course, if you are using ssh to create a...
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I figured out it's best not to use a socks proxy for this, but instead forward all ports necessary on a localhost IP. To evade any existing services, I use a different IP than 127.0.0.1. Assuming you...
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It sounds like a VPN might actually be your best bet. Have an ACL on the router so that the only non-local traffic has to traverse the VPN and you're done. Very simple and secure as well as easy to...
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This is a SuperMicro server with a X8DT3 motherboard which contains an On-board IPMI BMC. In this case, the BMC is a Winbond WPCM450). I believe many Dell servers use this a similar BMC model.A common...
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