From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 30 16:15:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1EF716A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:15:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from exponential-e.com (snails.exponential-e.net [62.244.177.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F07343D45 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:15:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jim.mozley@exponential-e.com) Received: from [62.244.191.249] (account jim.mozley HELO [192.168.22.49]) by exponential-e.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.5) with ESMTP id 3802726 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:14:59 +0100 Message-ID: <415C3102.10000@exponential-e.com> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:14:58 +0100 From: Jim Mozley Organization: Exponential-e User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20040930154528.66104.qmail@web53904.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040930154528.66104.qmail@web53904.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there a reverse Network Address Translation??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:15:20 -0000 stheg olloydson wrote: > It was said: > > >> I wan't to access my pc at work from home through >>freebsd's sshd. Is it possible?, knowing that it >>doesn't have a public ip address? That workstation of >>mine is only gaining internet access through LAN >>servers and routers. Will it help if I know the >>gateway ip where my workstation passes through and the >>proxy as well as dns server's ip's? I know its >>possible but I can't imagine the process, perhaps >>something like a reverse network address >>translation... Any idea? > > > Hello, > > Yes, this is possible. From home, you would ssh to your work's external > IP address. You don't specify the setup you have at work, but at a > minimum you need to have fowarding rules setup in the company's > firewall to direct your ssh connection to your workstation. Obviously, > if you can ssh in, so can anyone else. Be sure you use a _very_ good > password. Would using a public/private key not be better? Any password would still be guessable. Jim Mozley