From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 5 20:05:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC48616A4CE for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 20:05:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mynah.mail.pas.earthlink.net (mynah.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.228]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDE3F43D55 for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 20:05:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from 31-21.lctv-ubr2-blk1.cablelynx.com ([206.255.31.21] helo=[192.168.63.10]) by mynah.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.34) id 1CEvYT-00066I-K4 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2004 13:05:01 -0700 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:05:06 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <1096997448.8587.99.camel@localhost> <4162DDC2.3030803@gmx.net> <20041005224557.22c6334e@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <20041005224557.22c6334e@it.buh.tecnik93.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200410051505.06278.algould@datawok.com> X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69564776905774d2ac4b35b40d9fe15e92c44992675ceccf9f61350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 206.255.31.21 Subject: Re: reverse ssh X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:05:02 -0000 On Tuesday 05 October 2004 02:45 pm, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: > [ please don't loose context ] > > On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 19:45:38 +0200 > > Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote: > > Micah Bushouse wrote: > > > I have a BSD box (home) sitting on an apartment complex network > > > (dhcp/nat/firewall) that I don't control. I also have a BSD box > > > (work) with a static IP sitting on my university's network. > > > > > > Is there a way to open a ssh/other connection before I leave for > > > work in the morning (from the home box to the work box), then > > > travel to the university, sit at my desk and use this connection > > > to get a terminal on my home machine? Is there any software out > > > there that addresses this? Ideally it would involve ssh. > > > > You could write a script that sends an email to you every morning > > which contains your IP-address. *Encrypted*, of course!!! > > Since he's home machine is behind a NAT at what would knowing its > (private) ip serve? Wouldn't a vpn connection work? Then use ssh across the vpn. Of course, that assumes authorization on the university network. Best of luck, Andrew Gould