Re: Windows XP remote desktop over SSH

From: Bob (bob.lockie.NOSPAM_at_mail.com)
Date: 04/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:21:06 -0400

On 04/23/04 12:19 Chris <Chris spoke:
> I have managed to get windows xp remote desktop working over ssh using
> cygwin.
>
> I have just one quick question. If i do ssh -L 3389:localhost:3389
> myhost.dyndns.org i can connect the windows xp remote desktop client to
> local host and it all works fine. However to do this i have to open port
> 3389 on the server machine.
>
> Is there anyway to allow a local loopback so that the only port i have to
> open up to the outside world is 22 for ssh?

I think I want the same thing.
I want to be able to forward port 110 from a machine that only has port
22 open to the outside world. 

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