From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Nov 15 8:36: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost.firstcallgroup.co.uk (dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk [194.203.69.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC52837B405 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 08:36:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from pfrench by mailhost.firstcallgroup.co.uk with local (Exim 3.33 #1) id 164PUc-0004s5-00; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:35:58 +0000 To: gsi22419@gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu, melange@yip.org Subject: Re: Netscape multitasking less smoothly? Cc: stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20011115111631.A5319@sdodson.com> Message-Id: From: Pete French Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:35:58 +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Why do all that when you can tunnel X through ssh? > > ssh -X hostname, can even make ssh exec mozilla and with > keys setup never have to type a password. As an aside, anone gotany idea why this might work one way througha firewall but not the other ? I have a box behind a firewall at work and a box out on the main internet. Port 22 is tunneled through the firewall so I can ssh into the work machine from outside quite happily. In the reverse direction the firewall allows TCP connections to be made outward (using NAT). If I am at work I can ssh to the server machine and using -X start an xterm (or any other X application on it) quite happily. If I am at home I can ssh from my home BSD box to them server and use -X to run X apps their which display at home. I can also ssh onto the work machine through the firewall, but when I do that then the -X option does not work. All three machines are running 4.4-STABLE, but this has never worked for any release of FreeBSD. The home machine acts as a gateway to an internal ether using ppp -nat, would this be the source of the trouble ? I had assumed not as ssh -X works to the server sirectly connected too the internet. Any suggestions gratefully received... -pete. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message