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Date:      Wed, 5 Jul 2000 08:19:28 -0400
From:      Chris <kingsqueak@kingsqueak.org>
To:        Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: TCP/IP forwarding in SSH2 - testing?
Message-ID:  <20000705081928.A7940@kingsqueak.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007042201370.97889-100000@ren.sasknow.com>; from ryan@sasknow.com on Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 10:31:21PM -0600
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007042201370.97889-100000@ren.sasknow.com>

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On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 10:31:21PM -0600, Ryan Thompson wrote:
> 
> Hey all...
> 
> I've recently begun implementing SSHv2 as a VPN solution with a few remote
> users (employees). I've installed ssh2 from ports under FreeBSD 3.4, and
> verified that logins (with password authentication) work fine from a
> variety of hosts.  (Previously, I ran ssh 1.27).
> 
> Now, I have attempted to set up port forwarding from remote hosts.  I
> think I may have set it up correctly, but I have no adequate way to verify
> that packets are actually being transmitted encrypted.  In fact, from what
> I can tell, forwarded ports are being sent in the clear.
> 

If you take a hub, plug the target host into it, plug another machine
into the hub as well, place the second machine's nic in promisc and
sniff...I think you'll find all is well.


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