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As someone who runs it, I can tell you it's a true godsend -- not simply for the obvious purposes. First, it obviously allows administration from a dynamic location. Even if the administrator doesn't require dynamic access, it provides a great way to get back into a system if you've been locked out....

One of my favorite methods of getting into a firewall once something has gone wrong -- and the easiest method I've found for locking *everything* down yet allowing an administrator access from a dynamic location ... is "port knocking". I run "knockd", a daemon that watches for a ...