Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:05:06 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reverse ssh Message-ID: <200410051505.06278.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <20041005224557.22c6334e@it.buh.tecnik93.com> References: <1096997448.8587.99.camel@localhost> <4162DDC2.3030803@gmx.net> <20041005224557.22c6334e@it.buh.tecnik93.com>
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On Tuesday 05 October 2004 02:45 pm, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: > [ please don't loose context ] > > On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 19:45:38 +0200 > > Benjamin Walkenhorst <krylon@gmx.net> wrote: > > Micah Bushouse wrote: > > > I have a BSD box (home) sitting on an apartment complex network > > > (dhcp/nat/firewall) that I don't control. I also have a BSD box > > > (work) with a static IP sitting on my university's network. > > > > > > Is there a way to open a ssh/other connection before I leave for > > > work in the morning (from the home box to the work box), then > > > travel to the university, sit at my desk and use this connection > > > to get a terminal on my home machine? Is there any software out > > > there that addresses this? Ideally it would involve ssh. > > > > You could write a script that sends an email to you every morning > > which contains your IP-address. *Encrypted*, of course!!! > > Since he's home machine is behind a NAT at what would knowing its > (private) ip serve? Wouldn't a vpn connection work? Then use ssh across the vpn. Of course, that assumes authorization on the university network. Best of luck, Andrew Gould
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