[NTLUG:Discuss] SSH

[MadHat]

At 04:23 PM 1/18/2002 -0600, Matt Caldwell wrote:
>I have installed the version of SSH that came with the Mandrake 8.1 
>install.  I am trying to access my box at home through work.  I have set 
>/etc/hosts.deny to ALL:ALL, and then /etc/hosts.allow to include the 
>domain of my company.  Now, my company has a Cisco PIX firewall and will 
>not let my PC connect to my box.  Does anyone know through what port my 
>BOX would be sending data back to my PC at work??  I do use PuTTY, and I 
>can ping my box, but I get a network error when I try to connect with PuTTY.

port scan your box with something like superscan (founstone.com) or nmap 
(insecure.org) and see if port 22 is open.

from the Linux box can you ssh to localhost? or from anywhere else?

Install cygwin and run ssh -v to get more details of why it is failing (if 
you are sure it is getting to the port)?

ALso, the firewall at your work may block 22 outbound, not uncommon.  The 
src port for the returning packets is more or less random.

>
>Thank You,
>Matt Caldwell
>

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