Perhaps you should try using the -P option, which will use a non-privileged port for outgoing connections.
Jason > > I understand that this is not a Debian specific question but I'm > hoping someone out there will be kind and explain this one in > short easy to understand words. :) I'm trying to ssh into my > Debian box on a DSL line setting behind a floppyfw based firewall. > When I am at home I can SSH into that box from my Wife's winders > box using Terraterm witht he ttssh stuff. Of course this is not > going through the firewall but I know that ssh works. Now on the > box at my house if I do this ssh -L 9000:myinternetaddress:22 > myinternaladdress It connects to WinterMute (My Debian box) > nicely. AFAIK at that point it is going through the floppyfw based > firewall to connect. Would that be right or do I need to do > something else to test this. Now when I come to work and try to do > Terraterm with the same command line options it fails. Does anyone > know why or what I'm doing wrong. Thanks. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >