https://github.com/stebalien/punchfw

Open ports on demand.
https://github.com/stebalien/punchfw

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Open ports on demand.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/stebalien/punchfw
• Owner: Stebalien
• Created: 2011-05-13T21:16:26.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2011-05-13T21:16:42.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-09T23:07:20.774Z (27 days ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 93.8 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.rst

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Description

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Punchfw monitors an application and opens ports when the application attempts to bind to them.

Setup

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1. Put punchfw_helper.py in a secure (root writable only) location and give it 0700 permissions.

2. Edit your sudoers and allow yourself to execute punchfw_helper.py without entering your password.

        ALL=NOPASSWD:/path/to/punchfw_helper.py

3. Set the HELPER_PATH variable in punchfw.py to the location of punchfw_helper.py.

4. Move punchfw.cfg to /etc/punchfw.cfg

Usage

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1. Add programs to the configuration file (/etc/punchfw.cfg)

    -> see the configuration file for details

2. Start these programs with punchfw.py