Re: (no subject)

From: Neva (neva@removecorvaith.com)
Date: 04/29/02 

From: Neva <neva@removecorvaith.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 15:10:17 GMT

Anonymous wrote:
> Hey, all:
>
> Im new to ssh and to this forum, so thanks for your patience with a newbie.
>
> Got my encrypted tunnel set up between an anonymous proxy and my local machine via a free shell acct, for browsing the web (it works!):
>
> ssh -C -L mylogin 25000:anonprox.y.z:8080 freeshells.org
>
> I know now that the encrypted tunnel is only between me and the shell provider, (i.e. not between me and the anon proxy itself).
>
> My question is this: How hard is it (or how likely is it) for the shell provider machine admin to access or view the data stream coming from the anon proxy before it is encrypted by the ssh daemon? (And please excuse imprecise terminology.)
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Komputer XPurt
>

<delurks>

Not entirely related, but... if you don't trust the admin of a box where
you've got a shell account, you shouldn't have a shell account there.
Wondering if anybody /else/ can get your info, sure, worry away, but if
you don't trust them, why do you have an account on their machine?

--Neva

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