Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:46:17 +1000 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Paul=20Jansen?= <vlaero@yahoo.com.au> To: Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSH port forwarding SNMP traps? Message-ID: <20020829044617.24051.qmail@web40110.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020828204011.N9924-100000@q.closedsrc.org>
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Hmmm. I wondered about that. Thanks for clarifying. Any ideas as to what I could use to forward this UDP traffic then? Thanks, PJ --- Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org> wrote: > On 2002-08-29, Paul Jansen scribbled: > > # I'm trying to allow SNMP traps to get to a > management > # station on the other side of a firewall (that I > have > # no say in). I can create an SSH connection to a a > # particular host inside the firewall on port 22 > though. > # What I was thinking of doing was SSH'ing to that > # machine and forwarding a local port to the > required > # port on the management station inside the > firewall. I > # thought this was port 162 but when I try and send > the > # test trap I don't receive anything in the > management > # console. Can anyone offer any help here? > > According to: > > http://www.rad.com/networks/1995/snmp/snmp.htm > > SNMP works over UDP rather than TCP and I'm believe > that SSH is only > able to forward TCP data but not UDP. > > -- > > Linh Pham > lplist@closedsrc.org > Webmaster and FreeBSD Geek > http://closedsrc.org > closedsrc.org Every solution > breeds new problems > http://digital.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Digital How To - Get the best out of your PC! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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