Re: agent forwarding hop limit

From: dennis (workaccount_at_volcanomail.com)
Date: 10/26/04

  • Next message: notrom_at_nym.cryptofortress.com: "Re: secure-tunnel.com status?" 
    Date: 26 Oct 2004 04:48:26 -0700

    Richard E. Silverman <res@qoxp.net> wrote in message
    >
    > As noted in the book, this is a feature of the ssh.com software
    > ("ssh-add2"), not OpenSSH. It is further not a very strong limitation
    > anyway, since if you can make a chain of connections to a host, you can
    > use port forwarding to reach that host in a single SSH session and thus
    > circumvent any such "hop limit."

    Thanks.
    Since I am rather new at using SSH, are there any risks with enabling
    agent forwarding? I only turned on the option after realizing it was
    needed to perform an 'scp' between two remote systems.

    dennis

  • Next message: notrom_at_nym.cryptofortress.com: "Re: secure-tunnel.com status?"

    Relevant Pages

    • port forwarding and ipfw rules
      ... network with the IP address xxx.xxx.19.110 which is port forwarding (on port ... to a host xxx.xxx.19.109. ... This configuration must be able to be added and removed dynamically without ... Change the ipfw rules to allow this new configuration through. ...
      (freebsd-net)
    • Iptables port forward to host with IP from dhcpd
      ... The iptables argument for the destination of a port forward appears to ... leased by the host changes, then the port forwarding rule will fail. ...
      (comp.os.linux.security)
    • Networked Home PCs hosting same game
      ... would all like to be able to host multiple player online ... running the game. ... have to change the port forwarding to that machine. ...
      (microsoft.public.games.discussion)
    • Re: Remote Access Test (Help Needed)
      ... > on the private LAN, I need to verify that it works ... > from the outside world via port forwarding; ... Connection closed by foreign host. ...
      (uk.comp.os.linux)