Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:23:52 -0700 From: "Andrew Falanga" <af300wsm@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSH through port forwarding Message-ID: <340a29540712180723w241f4a36gb1d47dbb94763e40@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071218054048.6EE7.A38C9147@seibercom.net> References: <20071218040802.GB6678@ayn.mi.celestial.com> <f5ccf92b0712172147n5f97e8e0qf2c871753f0298bc@mail.gmail.com> <20071218054048.6EE7.A38C9147@seibercom.net>
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> > > Security through obscurity is a poor substitute for security. Port > scanners > will eventually find that port also. > > Have you checked to see if a firewall is set up that could be blocking the > port? > Not a thorough check, but my father did turn off the firewall system on that linksys router. I believe he checked some box that basically opened up everything. I'm expecting that it's more likely what someone else said earlier that the ISP may be blocking it. I say this for two reasons: 1) When a connection attempt is made, the error I get is a time out not a refusal to connect. No pun intended but that smells, or should I say sniffs, of a firewall. 2) On a different system that I help build here in Boise, I'm getting the same problem when we set it up at my friends house. Andy -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is it such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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