Setup and Security of Home Server

Setup and Security of a Home Network

James Whorley, Chris Moore

Goals

Establish VPN / SSH for outside access

Implement Samba file services

Apache Web Hosting

Explore network for weaknesses and apply stronger security

Project Pink

Hardware

One Ubuntu v 12.04 Dedicated Server Athlon 64 1.8 GHz 3.5 GB RAM

One Windows 7 Desktop

Two Windows 7 Laptops

Network Setup

Port Forwarding

Offsite Access

OpenVPN PPTP Developed keys ▪ Diffie Helman 1024 bit

OpenSSH Public Key Client Authentication

Samba file services

File Sharing and Backup

Transfer files between laptops / desktop

Web Hosting and DNS

Apache – Used to host personal web page

Registered domain to route all traffic to home server

Minecraft Server

Player whitelist

Weaknesses / Issues

Separation of Privileges Lots of services running on one machine Acceptable for our situation

Extra open external port

Residential IP (Non-static)