On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 01:38:21AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: <<SNIP>> > > I connect like this (from the firewalled machine): > > > > ssh -g -C -R 3001:firewalled_machine:22 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I can now connect to 3001 on the outside machine, but the connection doesn't > > do anything and is quickly closed. I've tried ports besides 22 with the > > same > > results, but with ssh I get this familiar message: > > > > $ ssh -C -p 3001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
> The first thing to try is to change firewalled_machine to localhost or > another name that resolves to a local address that would be allowed by a > firewall that blocks all but loopback traffic to sshd. <<SNIP>> That did it, I just changed firewalled_machine to localhost and bingo... now I can get at my stuff from anywhere as I hoped. I should have tried localhost before emailing the list, but you know hindsight 20/20. Thanks! -- Andrew W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://failsure.net/ http://home.cwru.edu/~agw4/ -- Debian GNU/Linux Georgia State U. CS/Networking UG -- VW bus driver
