Re: tunneling

From: Wolfgang Meiners (WolfgangMeiners01_at_web.de)
Date: 10/18/05 

Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:01:20 +0200

Todd H. wrote:

> Wolfgang Meiners <WolfgangMeiners01@web.de> writes:
>
>> Nevertheless, i would like to know, if there is a way to achive the
>> same result without having a proxy-server to run on the desktop.
>
> Yes. Two options:
>
> laptop$ ssh -L9999:IP.OF.the.ROUTER:80 user@desktop

I tried this out and it works just as i thought.

> Here, traffic to the router would be in the clear over the wire
> between the desktop and the router. That would work for you provided
> the router only requires port 80 communication.

Connecting to the router from the desktop always is in the clear. I think,
this might be unsecure in a greater network but not in my simple setup.

> HTH
>
> Best Regards,

Thank you for this tip.
Wolfgang

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