SSH to a box behind NAT

2003-03-10 Thread Ryan Thompson
Hi all, I have a FreeBSD server behind NAT (on an RFC1918 address). The NAT machine is actually an NT box on a network we don't have access to. (So, it is not possible, for instance, to set up port based NAT for inbound SSH, which is one of two things I'd normally do). The server can, however,

Re: SSH to a box behind NAT

2003-03-10 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 11:32:00PM -0600, Ryan Thompson wrote: Hi all, I have a FreeBSD server behind NAT (on an RFC1918 address). The NAT machine is actually an NT box on a network we don't have access to. (So, it is not possible, for instance, to set up port based NAT for inbound SSH,

Re: SSH to a box behind NAT

2003-03-10 Thread Ryan Thompson
Nathan Kinkade wrote to Ryan Thompson: Unfortunately, that idea has, so far, been the *last* thing to come to mind. Any *other* ideas? :-) Thanks, - Ryan Could you have Server start an xterm, or similar, and have it send the display to Manager - with something like 'xterm -display

Re: SSH to a box behind NAT

2003-03-10 Thread James Long
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 11:32:00PM -0600, Ryan Thompson wrote: (So, it is not possible, for instance, to set up port based NAT for inbound SSH, which is one of two things I'd normally do). The server can, however, initiate arbitrary outbound connections. Then I'd suggest creating a

Re: SSH to a box behind NAT

2003-03-10 Thread Ryan Thompson
James Long wrote to Ryan Thompson: Then I'd suggest creating a ppp-over-ssh tunnel ala Greg Bond's http://www.itga.com.au/~gnb/vpn/ Have (Server) initiate the tunnel, and let the other end of the tunnel terminate at (Manager). You can then use the tunnel to effectively bypass the NT NAT