On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 11:09:46 -0400 Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 11 July 2005 10:50 am, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (11/07/05 09:29), Jacob S wrote: > > > Hello list, > > > > > > Does anyone know of a way to do a reverse shell over ssh? Let me > > > explain what I am trying to do. > > > > > > I have a friend that I'm helping upgrade Debian on their desktop. > > > This friend is not very computer literate - even in Windows. So > > > they're having a problem that I need to troubleshoot, but they're > > > behind a firewall so I can't ssh into their computer. > > It's not a shell, but I've done it with TightVNC. My client was on an > XP system, behind a firewall, where he knew NOTHING of the firewall > policies or IP address. I'm on Linux, behind my own firewall. This > is more or less OS independent, as long as TightVNC works on the OSs > you are using. Since I could not get through his firewall, he ran > TightVNC server, then added my IP address as a client. My firewall > was set to forward that port to my workstation, I had TightVNC Client > running AND listening on my workstation, and as soon as he said he > had entered my IP addy, I got a window in KDE of his desktop and > could do what I wanted. That's a good thought, too. I'll have to write it down for helping my Windows friends. I think the ssh solution is probably going to be easiest in the current case, since I only need cli access, but I'll have to research the TightVNC stuff further - it looks very helpful. Thanks, Jacob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
