how to use ssh to forward remote port to local host and port ------------------------------------------------------------ host ekser is behind the firewall. host igloo is in public domain. [root@esker root]# ssh -R 4444:localhost:4443 igloo root@igloo's password: Last login: Mon Nov 17 21:44:25 2003 from esker.its.unimacq.edu.au [root@igloo root]# telnet localhost 4444 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. [root@igloo root]# telnet igloo 4444 Trying 137.111.20.252... telnet: connect to address 137.111.20.252: Connection refused Then use tcpxd to forward another pord to this localhost port: [root@igloo root]# /usr/local/src/tcpxd-1.3/tcpxd 4443 localhost:4444 So you can connect from outside world: [root@igloo root]# telnet igloo 4443 Trying 137.111.20.252... Connected to igloo. Escape character is '^]'. |