Re: reverse x11 tunneling versus ssh -X

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:50:44 +0000, ohms377 wrote:
But my Home computer cannot directly communicate to my work's
Workstation, so ssh -X Workstation from Home doesn't make sense for
me. Sorry, I might be missing something...

You are missing something. Did you add that "Host Workstation" entry I
mentioned to your ~/.ssh.config file on your home box?

Of course you can't directly access your Workstation box from your home
box but if you add that entry then when you type "ssh -X Workstation"
from your home box then ssh will make the connection automatically via
Gateway. The ssh connection will actually be proxied via a netcat from
Gateway to Workstation.

If you are actually using PuTTY on your home box then it has equivalent
functionality to ProxyCommand by using plink, refer the PuTTY docs.
.

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