Improved Smartphone Application for Remote Access by Network Administrators  

作　　者：Ekwonwune Emmanuel Nwabueze Etim Emmanuel Okon 

机构地区：[1]Department of Computer Science, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria [2]Department of Computer Science, Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, Nigeria.

出　　处：《Journal of Information Security》2019年第4期250-262,共13页信息安全（英文）

摘　　要：This research attempts the implementation of an improved smartphone application for remote system administration. The work was motivated by the inability of network administrators to access their virtual servers from a remote location without worrying about the security implications, inaccurate and unreliable reports from a third party whenever he is out of town. The cloud server can be monitored and administered because various task such as creating users, manage users (grant access, block or delete users), restart server and shutdown server can be handled by the remote system administrator. This will involve of securing the system with a one-way hashing of encrypted password and a device ID for only whitelisted devices to be granted access. It will be observed that remote access for system administration can be implemented using a smartphone app based on a Point-to-Point Protocol and also reveal the advantages of PPP protocol, therefore making the enormous responsibilities of a remote system administrator much easier to accomplish.This research attempts the implementation of an improved smartphone application for remote system administration. The work was motivated by the inability of network administrators to access their virtual servers from a remote location without worrying about the security implications, inaccurate and unreliable reports from a third party whenever he is out of town. The cloud server can be monitored and administered because various task such as creating users, manage users (grant access, block or delete users), restart server and shutdown server can be handled by the remote system administrator. This will involve of securing the system with a one-way hashing of encrypted password and a device ID for only whitelisted devices to be granted access. It will be observed that remote access for system administration can be implemented using a smartphone app based on a Point-to-Point Protocol and also reveal the advantages of PPP protocol, therefore making the enormous responsibilities of a remote system administrator much easier to accomplish.

关 键 词：REMOTE NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR SMARTPHONE App REMOTE ACCESS 

分 类 号：TP3[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]