[nylug-talk] SSH calling home

[Henning Follmann]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 10:36:38AM -0400, Samat Jain wrote:
> Combine this with autossh (run on the firewalled box) to make sure the tunnel 
> gets restarted if it dies for whatever reason:
> 
> # Always assume initial connection will be successful
> export AUTOSSH_GATETIME=0
> # Disable echo service, relying on SSH exiting itself
> export AUTOSSH_PORT=0
> autossh -f -- -o 'ControlPath none' -R 1234:localhost:22 remote-machine -fN
> 
> On Monday 10 March 2008 09:45:29 am Adrian Sai-Wah TAM wrote:
> > Maybe this works:
> >
> > Accessible Box: Run SSH
> > Firewalled Box: ssh accessible box, with option "-R 1234:localhost:22"
> > Your Box: ssh accessible box, with specified port 1234
> >
> > The accessible box and your box could be the same box.
> 

Thanks,
that sounds like the best solution.

Henning

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