Re: SSH from Windows to Linux w/port forwarding.

From: Andrew Schulman (andrex_at_deadspam.com)
Date: 09/22/05 

Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:05:51 GMT

> Even this does not work and it should:
> $ ssh -L80:myserver.com:80 myserver.com -v -N -f
>
> The whole point of using ssh was so that I didn't need to open more
> ports on my router.

I dunno... all I know is that I have the same setup as you, use
localhost as the tunnel target (ssh -L80:localhost:80 myserver.com),
and don't have to open separate ports in my firewall. It works for
me.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: change smb port on win2kpro
    ... I believe SSH can also be set up ... I have no idea whether this would work with SMB, ... redirected to other ports either by using something like netcat or maybe ... reconfigure the firewall. ...
    (microsoft.public.security)
  • Re: open ports
    ... Apart from the ssh port, all the other ports are firewalled off ... firewall that's between the scanning machine and the desktop machine. ... The difference is that a firewall will silently drop any packets ...
    (Ubuntu)
  • Re: open ports
    ... Apart from the ssh port, all the other ports are firewalled off ... firewall that's between the scanning machine and the desktop machine. ... The difference is that a firewall will silently drop any packets ...
    (Ubuntu)
  • Re: sshd brute force attempts?
    ... I think you misunderstood what I meant by public service, or maybe it wasn't clear: By a public service I mean a service available for anyone, even anonymously: You're not going to register the world to let people send mail to your server, require authentication to send mail from your server). ... If this is stored on a usb-stick the user carries with him, or only on systems that require local authentication first, then I think you're better off than password based ssh. ... Cracklib is in ports and easy to build -- FreeBSD could use a) an option in make.conf to prevent passwd from getting built on a buildworld and b) the patched passwd/yppasswd tree in ports. ... I don't assume that level of savvy. ...
    (freebsd-questions)
  • Re: Prot Forwarding
    ... Al's SSH method would be the best. ... configure the remote control programs to use different ports on each ... that let you configure the ports in use. ... > Personally I use a Secure Shell tunnel to access multiple XP Pro ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)