From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 18 15:23:53 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C602016A468 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:23:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A7F013C478 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:23:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so4249219waf.3 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:23:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=hOCvioByl3rVhnqQ8PxKC6ATHX/i38G1uIRJutTWPQA=; b=HpygldbEscnWbe/zv1kC4XY8At1ALPltgbhmiEQVbZMApQVvnZL4WA8d7Xq/PVF6JAMz+FK3eC7ee/+ufCHy3cDB/e/P1zTTKEZVBx38LDjbqXUDlg4KAFjlqcLrAwugCBVDtwdzGBlXdwGuYVTLe/v/thYg6cSc2Vk1NrKmxCY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=EB8L+etlI4rsdsjocDHQlq51X2oeNin7TSQ1C1vu9e/09FM0jVrA1VkadYutT7EeF3tc5wa4El63RFhmTCf2qW77UAXnGWd9Nzk4E5rCUwN8w2CIuTlceUxzAybx45pVKBxauj1ZjoHH416LYLDuwA5M/US9acQFzbFh8z6TE/E= Received: by 10.115.92.2 with SMTP id u2mr5056286wal.139.1197991432931; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:23:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.167.7 with HTTP; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:23:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <340a29540712180723w241f4a36gb1d47dbb94763e40@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:23:52 -0700 From: "Andrew Falanga" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20071218054048.6EE7.A38C9147@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20071218040802.GB6678@ayn.mi.celestial.com> <20071218054048.6EE7.A38C9147@seibercom.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: SSH through port forwarding X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:23:54 -0000 > > > Security through obscurity is a poor substitute for security. Port > scanners > will eventually find that port also. > > Have you checked to see if a firewall is set up that could be blocking the > port? > Not a thorough check, but my father did turn off the firewall system on that linksys router. I believe he checked some box that basically opened up everything. I'm expecting that it's more likely what someone else said earlier that the ISP may be blocking it. I say this for two reasons: 1) When a connection attempt is made, the error I get is a time out not a refusal to connect. No pun intended but that smells, or should I say sniffs, of a firewall. 2) On a different system that I help build here in Boise, I'm getting the same problem when we set it up at my friends house. Andy -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is it such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?