ssh connection timed out

2002-10-10 Thread Goodwin Lawlor 

Hi
I've just installed FreeBSD4.5 on machine attached to a college network. I
can connect to the machine using ssh from another machine on the network.
When I try to connect using ssh from home via an ISP (using PuTTY on winxp)
I get connection timed out. I can connect from home using telnet though...
which makes me guess its a problem with the sshd configuration.

output from uname -a:
FreeBSD .ucd.ie 4.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE #0: Mon Jan 28 14:31:56
GMT 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC
i386


TIA,

Goodwin



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Re: ssh connection timed out

2002-10-10 Thread Goodwin Lawlor 

Thanks for the suggestions

-sshd isn't wrapped in hosts.allow
-tried both IP address and name
-upped LoginGraceTime from 120 to 500 (ISDN dialup ISP)

I'll mail sysadmin and see if ssh is allowed from outside the network. Did
you mean portscan the network gateway... I'll see what sysadmin say first

Thanks
Goodwin
- Original Message -
From: Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Goodwin Lawlor [EMAIL PROTECTED]; FreeBSD List
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Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: ssh connection timed out


 Any number of possibilities...I'm not sure from what you've given.
 If you have more detail, it might help...

 1.  You didn't wrap sshd in /etc/hosts.allow, did you?  I doubt it,
 that would twist a message to /bin/echo you're not allowed.

 2.  Have your tried both by IP addy and name?  DNS issue?

 3.  Seems quite likely that the college sys admins are firewalling
 the WAN connection.  Ask them if you are allowed to use SSH
 from outside.  Or, if you're feeling anti-establishment today,
 portscan
 them and see if #22 is open, ;-)  However, seems strange they'd
 filter SSH and leave ol' insecure telnet open h.

 4.  It takes longer to connect and set up a tunnel, are you on
 a dial up ISP?  Check things like LoginGraceTime in
 /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

 I'm sure there are better men out there than I.  I use putty on WinXP
 all the time, however, and time outs are very rare.

 Kevin Kinsey
 DaleCo, S.P.

 - Original Message -
 From: Goodwin Lawlor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: FreeBSD List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:41 PM
 Subject: ssh connection timed out


  Hi
  I've just installed FreeBSD4.5 on machine attached to a college
 network. I
  can connect to the machine using ssh from another machine on the
 network.
  When I try to connect using ssh from home via an ISP (using PuTTY
 on winxp)
  I get connection timed out. I can connect from home using telnet
 though...
  which makes me guess its a problem with the sshd configuration.
 
  output from uname -a:
  FreeBSD .ucd.ie 4.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE #0: Mon Jan 28
 14:31:56
  GMT 2002
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC
  i386
 
  TIA,
 
  Goodwin




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