From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 5 22:03:55 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 C0D2D16A4CE for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 22:03:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from av15-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (av15-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net [81.228.10.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF68943D1D for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 22:03:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: by av15-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 9DE4937E66; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 00:03:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp4-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (smtp4-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net [81.228.10.180]) by av15-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A6E537E44 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 00:03:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from falcon.midgard.homeip.net (h201n1fls24o1048.bredband.comhem.se [212.181.162.201]) by smtp4-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 5DBFA37E45 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 00:03:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 69349 invoked by uid 1001); 5 Oct 2004 22:03:52 -0000 Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 00:03:52 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Micah Bushouse Message-ID: <20041005220352.GA65235@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Micah Bushouse , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1096997448.8587.99.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1096997448.8587.99.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 22:03:55 -0000 On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 01:30:48PM -0400, Micah Bushouse wrote: > Quick Question~ > > 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. Yes. The "-R" option to ssh would seem to do exactly what you want. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se