Re: telnet tunnelling ssh

From: Darren Tucker (dtucker_at_dodgy.net.au)
Date: 12/07/04


Date: 07 Dec 2004 00:14:40 GMT

In article <1E1td.29731$C94.6975@tornado.fastwebnet.it>,
alef <no@no.no> wrote:
>I can *only* telnet a remote host.
>That host has ssh package installed and sshd up and running.
>*But* I'm not allowed to connect the a remote sshd.
>The remote host allows *only* the telnet port protocol to connect.
>
>(All looks silly but it's the truth)
>
>My question is: it is possible to tunnel the ssh protocol *over* the telnet
>connection already established ?

Theoretically, yes, (see, eg, PuTTY's telnet proxy mode) but it's not
going to help you much. By the time you start the SSH session you've
already sent your username and password over the wire in the clear.

A better solution would be to apply a cluebat to your host/firewall
admins :-)

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Darren Tucker (dtucker at zip.com.au)
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usually comes from bad judgement.


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