On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 10:35 +0200, Ira Abramov wrote: > Quoting Amos Shapira, from the post of Wed, 25 Oct: > > A quick googl'ing came up with this solution which doesn't involve > > installation of extra software (beyond standard ssh and SOCKS): > > socks IS an extra installation :) > > > What do you want to use it for and why wouldn't sftp be enough? > > sometimes there are safety issues... like when the target supports only > FTP from a fixed limited list of IP addresses (like a windows machine whose > admin wouldn't install an ssh server) and you need to get with ssh to > the machine it allows to access. i.e: > > dynamic IP --(ssh)--> Fixed IP --(ftp)--> target machine
What's wrong with a simple SSH tunnel ? run: ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] -L2021:target-machine:21 then ftp to 2021. You can possibly even use active mode by adding the correct remote tunnel. -- Oded ::.. I will love the light for it shows me the way, Yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
