Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:46:28 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Brian Zhou" <brian_zhou@usa.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh connection => network connection Message-ID: <199906181646.RAA20529@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:53:56 PDT." <002801beb94e$f4afc460$0200000a@pacbell.net>
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> If thru a firewall I can remote login from inside-host to outside-host via
> socksified ssh, can I somehow turn that connection into a network
> connection? My goal is to be able to ping outside-host from inside-host.
> How? The inside-host is FreeBSD/Linux and outside-host is HP-UX.
>
> Options such as using socksified application are not feasible since the
> firewall only allow ssh traffic to a particular outside-host.
If you've got access to an outside machine you can use ppp(8) to
tunnel through the firewall using something like
set device "!ssh myexternalmachine /usr/sbin/ppp -direct in"
> TIA,
>
> -Brian
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