Re: Forwarding ports via ssh

["Bill Horne-9" <user=27@nabble.blu.org>]

 Tom Metro wrote: 
> Bill Horne wrote: 
>> I _CAN_ telnet to localhost 40110 from the command prompt in my 
>> Debian box, and it _DOES_ get to the POP server at the remote site. 
>> 
>> I _CANNOT_ telnet to port 40110 on the Debian box from the laptop's 
>> DOS prompt: I get "connection refused" errors. 
> 
> See the ssh man page. The description for -L notes: 
> 
>   -L [bind_address:]port:host:hostport 
>     ... 
>     By default, the local port is bound in accordance with the 
>     GatewayPorts setting.  However, an explicit bind_address may be used 
>     to bind the connection to a specific address. The bind_address of 
>     ``localhost'' indicates that the listening port be bound for local 
>     use only, while an empty address or '*' indicates that the port 
>     should be available from all interfaces. 
> 
> That last line is a bit confusing (apparently "empty address" is not 
> the same as specifying no address), but the gist is that by default 
> the port forwarding socket is bound to the loopback address. 
> 
> Try: 
> ssh -L 192.168.10.90:40110:10.0.0.2:110 <Comcast dynamic ip> 
> 
>  -Tom 
>