Re: [Pan-users] complex question less to do with pan, more to do with internet

[John Morris]

I use ssh passwordless login via a key. Also the -N parameter means don't 
start a shell.


On Friday 25 April 2003 01:37 am, address@hidden wrote:
> I'm still trying to figure out how to login while its being backgrounded?
>
> --Nathan
>
> John Morris wrote:
> > Here's the command I use on the work computer (A):
> >
> > ssh -l myusername homemachine.homeip.net -N -L
> > 11900:goliath-east.newsfeeds.com:119 -L
> > 11901:goliath-west.newsfeeds.com:119 &
> >
> > This connects to homemachine(B) through ssh.
> > I set the server in pan to connect to localhost port 11901. This
> > connection is forwarded by ssh to (B), and the sshd on the other end in
> > turn makes a connection to goliath-west.newsfeeds.com, port 119 (C).  
> > You can also set up multiple ports as I have done also.
> >
> > Actually, I forward much more than just news through this ssh connection.
> >  I also foward ports on my home machine to the pop server at work so I
> > can check e-mail outside the firewall.  I even forward ssh itself through
> > ssh so I can log into the work machine from home outside the firewall. 
> > My machine at work has a cron script that runs every 15 minutes to check
> > that the ssh tunnel is still alive.  If not it re-establishes the
> > connection.
> >
> > On Thursday 24 April 2003 11:21 pm, Wolf J. Flywheel wrote:
> >>On Thursday 24 April 2003 21:00, John Morris wrote:
> >>>Yeah, ssh is definitely the way to go.  I use it myself to connect to
> >>>my usenet from work, where they have port 119 blocked on the firewall.
> >>>I forward a local port to the news server port 119 thru ssh to my home
> >>>machine, which, which of course doesn't block that port.  Actually, I
> >>>leave the ssh connection up constantly, and even have a cron script to
> >>>re-establish the connection if it goes down.
> >>
> >>    Let me see if I understand.  You forward from (A) your work box, to (B)
> >>your home box, to (C) your usenet server?
> >>
> >>    I can grasp the (A) --> (B) no problem; I've done SSH from work to home,
> >>and used it to forward a VNC connection so I can have my pretty GUI at
> >>work.  However, now the stream has to get from (B) --> (C) so that your
> >>work box thinks it's doing (A) --> (C).  Unless your usenet provider
> >>offers SSH-tunneled connections, I'm a bit fuzzy on that -- how do you do
> >>it?
> >
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