reverse ssh

[Andrew L. Gould]

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 <krylon at gmx.net> 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