Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:58:34 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: dougb@freebsd.org (Doug Barton) Cc: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Request: Please hook up IPv6 to cvsup mirrors Message-ID: <200908250758.n7P7wYQn097862@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <4A9314B7.90405@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > Now here comes the request. My understanding is that there is a fairly > simple netcat trick to link the cvsup port on the IPv6 address to that > of the IPv4 address. If that actually is possible, I'd like to request > that y'all actually do that. :) You can also use the 6tunnel tool (ports/net/6tunnel), which is fairly easy to use: # 6tunnel -6 5999 127.0.0.1 5999 If everything else fails, you can even use FreeBSD's base ssh(1) to create v6-to-v4 tunnels, provided that the encryption overhead is no problem for you (or use a patched openssh that supports "-c none"): # ssh -gNR '[your_v6_address]/5999/127.0.0.1/5999' 127.0.0.1 (You also need to enable the GatewayPorts option in your sshd_config(5) file, then restart sshd(8).) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "In My Egoistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt." -- Blair P. Houghton
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