On Tuesday 19 February 2008, Mick wrote: > > Does your mail server at home have a real ip address? You can do > > > > ssh -l <username> -p 443 -N ssh.server.address -L > > localport:mail.server.address:remoteport > > > > And you don't need to worry about setting up forwarding rules on the > > router. > > The mail server is on the Internet, not accessible by ssh. I intended > to use the router to bounce the ssh connection and forward it to the > mail server. > > laptop --> |firewall| --> router --> mailserver > ssh ssh ssl > > Essentially, thinking of using the router as a proxy server.
Ok, then Willie's command will work just fine, provided that *ssh* connections to port 443 or 80 of your router work (and of course, that your router can in turn reach the mail server on the necessary ports). ssh -p 443 -L 1234:mail.server:25 -L 5678:mail.server:110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Would open ports 1234 and 5678 on localhost for sending and receiving mail respectively. If your mail server uses SSL, the use the corresponding ports (995 and/or 587 or whatever). What you send to port 1234 on localhost will be forwarded by ssh to your router, and the router will forward the data to the mail server, port 25. The same for port 5678. Note that the connection between your computer and the router is through ssh, to port 443 of the router. This is the only connection you'll pass through the firewall, and through which all the forwarded ports will flow. -- [email protected] mailing list
