Secure access to local website - how?

1kiwi · 12 Apr 2009 at 19:20

Hi guys,

I'm currently hosting a web service and basic website on my local machine using IIS7. I've registered with dyndns and can now access the web service and web site from outside my local network.

What i now want to do i quickly secure my website either using some sort of forms based authentication or through a basic username & password.

Can anyone suggest an easy (and free) way to accomplish this?

oldbag · 12 Apr 2009 at 19:22

Use https and write some code for your required language.

1kiwi · 12 Apr 2009 at 19:34

oldbag said:
Use https and write some code for your required language.

Is there a quicker and easier way?

oldbag · 12 Apr 2009 at 19:41

You could probably use authentication with IIS and HTTPS. I know how to do it in apache.

1kiwi · 12 Apr 2009 at 19:56

Well i can see four options to do what i need and had hoped that someone could suggest an easier alternative:

Forms based authtication via asp.net
Certificate based authentication (i guess i could create a self signed certificate and simple distribute the key via company email)
Windows authentication & HTTPS - I do however assume that i would need to create an additional windows account to facilitate this which is a little drastic IMO
Some sort of VPN / reverse proxy (i attempted to use Hamachi but found that it did not support some sort of browser authentication)

Any other options or suggestions would be greatly appreciated ....

1kiwi · 13 Apr 2009 at 12:09

Any ideas guys? [FONT=&quot]Especially[/FONT] around using a tool such as Hamach?

oddjob62 · 13 Apr 2009 at 13:13

beh* said:
[*]Windows authentication & HTTPS - I do however assume that i would need to create an additional windows account to facilitate this which is a little drastic IMO

This is what i would do... not sure what is so drastic about setting up a windows account.