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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