What can’t be seen, can’t be hacked.
Port forwarding exposes the network
Opening firewall ports for remote access to network resources or to allow a vendor into your own network has the disadvantage of catching the attention of hackers that are scanning for open ports continuously.
For this reason, MSP Sensors offers an encrypted, secure method of gaining or providing access to remote networks and anything in the server rack without having to open ports on the firewall. Plus, it’s all controlled through a simple-to-understand dashboard.
RAS, inexpensive and easy to use
Our Remote Access Service (RAS) is available on select hardware agents. It’s fully controlled from each agent dashboard. It can be enabled by creating at least one profile and then clicking on its profile name, once RAS is connected.
Create multiple profiles to quickly connect to different devices on the remote LAN from the dashboard.
Nothing to see here
When remote access to LAN-based devices is required, opening ports on the firewall is usually the only way to get the job done. This method, called port forwarding to gain access to LAN-sided resources offers hackers something interesting to investigate. When a network isn’t showing anything all that interesting, the hacker moves on looking for another potential target.
In today’s world where practically everything is connected to the Internet, cyber security is extremely important. Defending servers, online services, and networks from malicious attacks is a constant battle.
The best defense is making sure your services are not interesting to hackers. No open ports mean nothing is found during a port scan.
MSP Sensors – Remote Access Service
RAS allows admins to remotely access equipment rooms, customer locations, and others, gaining access to routers, firewalls, any device without having to open ports that can be found by scanning the IP.
All that’s needed is one inexpensive MSP Sensors hardware agent installed and running on the LAN where remote access is required After that, devices to be accessed are configured through the MSP Sensors dashboard and each can be accessed using one click.
Enter the private LAN IP address of the device, the port and the public IP that is allowed to access. No need to open ports on the firewall. To access the remote device, log into MSP Sensors, enable the RAS service, pick the device to access, and the hardware agent will establish a secure encrypted link that can be clicked on from the dashboard.
MSP Sensors goes beyond monitoring Internet services and providers
The default function of the MSP Sensors service is to monitor the Internet connection for problems and reliability and to alert the right people when one or any number of locations are no longer communicating, experiencing disconnections, outages, or low bandwidth, and other problems. Historical details show trends including when most of the problems are and much more.
Enable the security scan and MSP Sensors will continuously monitor the network where an agent is installed and send an alert if unauthorized firewall ports suddenly open. Best of all, our RAS option gives admins access to the remote network without opening any ports.
We even offer an optional environment sensor where alerts can be sent when temperature, humidity, pressure, light, sound and even vibration fluctuations occur within the admins set range.
Responsive and reactive solution
The reality of networking is that mistakes can be and are made. An accidentally misconfigured or allowed port could land the network on Shodan for anyone to find and start testing.
By enabling the MSP Sensors security scan, IT personnel will quickly know if locations are showing ports they should not or are no longer communicating, requiring immediate attention. If a router or firewall is ever compromised, an admin can log into their MSP Sensors dashboard to quickly regain control of any device on a remote network.
If you are an MSP or IT support company that could use RAS and Internet monitoring, feel free to contact us with some information about your company. We would be happy to tell you all about how MSPS may be able to help your bottom line and support staff.
Watch a quick video clip on how easy RAS is to use
In this example, we access a remote solar manager interface to monitor/configure the system.
NOTE: Since this video was made, we have added the ability to add/edit/remove profiles. Profiles are links to various devices on the remote LAN that can be reached by simply clicking on the link.
Profiles can be active or inactive and all active profiles will become available when RAS is in ‘Connected’ status.
