On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 01:00 -0400, John Priddy wrote: > ssh doesnt really have anything to do with ssl vpn or vpn in general for > that matter. im not sure i fully understand what your asking, but yes, > you can tunnel traffic through ssh to other ports. see the -L option of > ssh. of course the ssh port will have to be both open and forwarded > from the router/firewall to the big bad internet. opening up this > pretty much defeats the purpose of a vpn/firewall architecture though. > > On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 00:48 -0400, Rick Bilonick wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 00:14 -0400, John Priddy wrote: > > > Oh, forgot to mention -- if your vendor is on this list, try using > > > 'vpnc': > > > > > > http://www.vpnc.org/member-list.html > > > > > > http://www.vpnc.org/ > > > > > > > > > There should be howtos on this all over the web. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm just curious and maybe completely off base, but is there any way to > > use ssh to contact the server if I first ssh out from the server? > > > > Rick B. > > > I guess I did not explain well. First, I ssh from the server (which is behind a firewall) out to my home computer and leave this connection open. Then when I go home, is there any way that I can use this connection from home? That is, can I somehow tunnel back through from home to the server over this connection? I may be totally off base, but I thought I read somewhere that this could be done. Rick B. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
