From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 9 00:44:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA17896 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:44:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA17840 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:43:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA04154; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:43:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:43:34 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: "Mr. Kiam" cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Rlogih, sshd, rsh. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Mr. Kiam wrote: > Is it possible to modify rlogin, rsh, or ssh, to work around a firewall? > if it were possible to get these to run on a different port it would be > excelent. is it possible? > rlogin/rsh are pretty dumb, but you may be able to teach ssh. Unfortunately using a proxy with ssh could constitute a `man in the middle' attack and could be construed as a security risk. The ssh port is secure, you should open a hole in the firewall for it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message