On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 05:25:47PM +0100, Peter Palmreuther wrote: > LEM> So SSH tunneling _is_ easier if the machine admin is not > LEM> cooperative.
> But how would you tunnel a POP3 request through SSH?
ssh remote_user@remote_host -L 7485:remote_host:110
and enter "localhost port 7485" as POP3 server in you mail
client. 7485 can be any number, btw.
If you are using SSH2 protocol, the -N argument can be handy.
(If you are using a non-command-line ssh client or one that doesn't
take the same argument syntax as the UNIX client, check its
documentation)
> SSH opens a remote shell in a secure way. This way you can read your
> mail via command line mailreader _on server_ or even with X-forwarding
> with a GUI one,
X-forwarding is just a special case of port forwarding (with some X
authentication spoofing around). Just forward another port to the POP3
port of the server.
> How shall SSHD know you want to connect to WHAT server on e.g. port
> 110?
the "110" in the command.
if you do ssh user@sshhost -L 7895:pophost:110
communication is encrypted between you and sshhost, but not between
sshhost and pophost (if they are different).
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