Forgive my ignorance I am confused when the term "tunnel" is used referring
to SSH and HTTP. I am very familiar with PPTP L2TP and IPSec tunneling. Are
we using the term the same? If so how are you tunneling SSH? What's the
encapsulation protocol?
Robert Dolliver
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: spiff [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 5:18 PM
> To: Mullen, Patrick
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: SSH VPN, Solaris -> Solaris or Solaris -> NT
>
>
> If you have http ports open on the firewalls you can try httptunnel from
> gnu. Note... this is really not reccommended from a security POV, however
> having only ssh listening (in addition to the httptunnel daemon) may be
> acceptable. btw the disclaimer in the release if humorous :)
>
> http://www.nocrew.org/software/httptunnel.html
>
>
>
> On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Mullen, Patrick wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to use SSH to tunnel a connection from a
> > Solaris box with a SoftPC (x86 emulator, running NT)
> > to a Solaris box. SSH is the preferred method
> > because both machines will have SSH installed
> > already, but I can entertain other suggestions.
> >
> > I have read the HOWTO on using Linux to create a
> > virtual interface that binds to an SSH connection,
> > but is there anything that exists in Solaris or NT
> > to accomplish this?
> >
> > The purpose for this is to tunnel traffic from a
> > security auditor through the network so it appears
> > from the other side of the network and can test
> > the firewall on that side (firewalls on both ends
> > of the network, can only test the local firewall
> > so I'm trying to tunnel to change the idea of
> > "local.") If anyone knows a better solution,
> > please let me know.
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > ~Patrick
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