On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Hanan Shargi wrote:
> >%_Okay how about when you want to telente to a computer that is behind a 
> firewall ?
> 
> my linux box @ home is part of a network and I think it is behind a firewall ( 
> not really a firewall but a router I guess ) meaning that all PC's here share 
> one IP on the internet ( and every on's got an internal IP inside ). When I 
> visit some sites that allows me to see the IP address of my machine, I see a 
> port number as well.
> 
> SO, does this mean I can telnet to my PC using this IP+ port combination: say 
> telnet 111.222.333.444:454 ??  ( assuming I let the telnet/ssh option open in 
> my firewall ) ??
> 
You can telnet to any server that has an ip address, as long as your firewall
will alllow it
I SSH to my servers using a firewall with NAT, so of course after it goes
through NAT it is not my workstation ip 192.168.1.x but a valid Internet address
You can use hst.domain.tld 171

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