UFW: Allow traffic only from a domain with dynamic IP address
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I run a VPS which I would like to secure using UFW, allowing connections only to port 80.
However, in order to be able to administer it remotely, I need to keep port 22 open and make it reachable from home.
I know that UFW can be configured to allow connections to a port only from specific IP address:
ufw allow proto tcp from 123.123.123.123 to any port 22
But my IP address is dynamic, so this is not yet the solution.
The question is: I have dynamic DNS resolution with DynDNS, so is it possible to create a Rule using the domain instead of the IP?
I already tried this:
ufw allow proto tcp from mydomain.dyndns.org to any port 22
but I got
ERROR: Bad source address
Asked by Carles Sala
(1015 rep)
Sep 20, 2013, 09:20 PM
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Last activity: Jun 8, 2022, 10:17 PM