Remote shell access via Apache

[Skye Sweeney <skye@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have now been monitoring this distribution list for a month and now feel like I can ask my question...

 

Recently my company has but a filter in their firewall to prevent any access to any outside computer over SSH or FTP. This has broken my ability to access my home computer to do such things as powering it off during thunderstorms. Only a very few ports are open on the firewall. These include port 80.

 

Question: Is it possible to configure Apache and/or other components to allow a client to have a simple "bash shell" into the computer running Apache? I do not need X11 or any other graphic interfaces, just a good old shell and even that could be limited. Now before people freak out about security, it should be known that my firewall only allows connections from very specific MAC addresses. As long as I do not publish those, I consider my home Linux server very safe.

 

I have tried to Goggle the answer, but I have not found the right key words to home in on a solution. I would be happy with just a few product or keyword names to help my search or an indication that I am barking up the wrong tree!

 

-Skye