Hacking your apartment's electronic entry system

Re:Hacking your apartment's electronic entry system by patio11 on Thursday February 24, 2011 @02:03AM (#2257220)

You can do this a wee bit more securely than "Let anybody in", too. Ten minutes of work and you can give your script state, letting it do things like e.g. accept a text message or web interface request to let anyone in for the next ten minutes.

I was considering implementing Port Knocking 2.0 on my server(s) for giggles: permit SSH logins without a key for ten minutes after calling a number and keying in a password. (I have had to do emergency maintenance from net cafes before, which is unfun in the best of circumstances. Being unable to login just makes it even more unfun.)

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Re:Hacking your apartment's electronic entry system by caryme on Thursday February 24, 2011 @02:30AM (#2257262)

I've thought about this - when I get time, I want to implement this into my system. Know someone is about to come over? Go ahead and let them in advance. Maybe even leave a message for them for the phone to read when they get there.

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Re:Hacking your apartment's electronic entry system by euroclydon on Thursday February 24, 2011 @07:52AM (#2257703)

I guess you regen ssh keys after accessing your server from a cafe?

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