reverse ssh

[Ion-Mihai Tetcu]

[ 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?


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