Re: SSH through port forwarding

2007-12-28 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 12:19:44PM -0800, Brian wrote: > Chad Perrin wrote: > >On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 05:44:11AM -0500, Gerard Seibert wrote: > > > >>>On December 18, 2007 at 12:47AM sham khalil wrote: > >>> > >>>once you open port 22 to public ip, you'll get people try to bruteforce > >>>your

Re: SSH through port forwarding

2007-12-28 Thread Brian
Chad Perrin wrote: On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 05:44:11AM -0500, Gerard Seibert wrote: On December 18, 2007 at 12:47AM sham khalil wrote: once you open port 22 to public ip, you'll get people try to bruteforce your machine. if you don't want that set sshd to listen to a higher number like 5522 t

Re: SSH through port forwarding

2007-12-28 Thread Chad Perrin
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 06:02:18AM +, Pollywog wrote: > > Make sure the ISP is not blocking port 22. If they block it, you will need > to > change the SSH port in sshd_config and then set the router to forward the > port to the server's internal IP address. It's a good idea to change the

Re: SSH through port forwarding

2007-12-28 Thread Chad Perrin
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 05:44:11AM -0500, Gerard Seibert wrote: > > On December 18, 2007 at 12:47AM sham khalil wrote: > > > > once you open port 22 to public ip, you'll get people try to bruteforce your > > machine. > > if you don't want that set sshd to listen to a higher number like 5522 > > th

Re: SSH through port forwarding

2007-12-18 Thread Andrew Falanga
> > > Security through obscurity is a poor substitute for security. Port > scanners > will eventually find that port also. > > Have you checked to see if a firewall is set up that could be blocking the > port? > Not a thorough check, but my father did turn off the firewall system on that linksys r

Re: SSH through port forwarding

2007-12-18 Thread Gerard Seibert
> On December 18, 2007 at 12:47AM sham khalil wrote: > On Dec 18, 2007 12:08 PM, Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2007, Andrew Falanga wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > >I'm having a difficult time working with my father to get the port > > >forwarding working on his Linksys

Re: SSH through port forwarding

2007-12-17 Thread sham khalil
On Dec 18, 2007 12:08 PM, Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2007, Andrew Falanga wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I'm having a difficult time working with my father to get the port > >forwarding working on his Linksys router to forward SSH requests to his > >FreeBSD machine at home.

Re: SSH through port forwarding

2007-12-17 Thread Pollywog
Make sure the ISP is not blocking port 22. If they block it, you will need to change the SSH port in sshd_config and then set the router to forward the port to the server's internal IP address. It's a good idea to change the port anyway, in order not to be obvious to script kiddies. ___

Re: SSH through port forwarding

2007-12-17 Thread Bill Campbell
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007, Andrew Falanga wrote: >Hi, > >I'm having a difficult time working with my father to get the port >forwarding working on his Linksys router to forward SSH requests to his >FreeBSD machine at home. As near as we can figure, it's setup correctly. >In case anyone here uses this r

SSH through port forwarding

2007-12-17 Thread Andrew Falanga
Hi, I'm having a difficult time working with my father to get the port forwarding working on his Linksys router to forward SSH requests to his FreeBSD machine at home. As near as we can figure, it's setup correctly. In case anyone here uses this router it is WRT54G and details (including a users