[H-GEN] ssh-https-tunnel

[Michael Noiesen]

Anthony Irwin wrote:
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> Michael Noiesen wrote:
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>> Hello all
>>
>> If I want to be able to ssh-https-tunnel from the humbug meeting on 
>> Saturday.
>> 1/ I need to have ssh running on port 443 on the system that I want 
>> to ssh too.
>
> Yes that sounds about right. Not sure if you are asking how or not so 
> below is the steps.
>
> edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config
>
> In the sshd_config file you will see the below add the port 443 bit.
>
> # What ports, IPs and protocols we listen for
> Port 22
> Port 443
>
> Then restart the ssh daemon by doing /etc/init.d/sshd restart
>
> Then do a quick test by typing ssh -p 443 user at hostname
>
> From memory thats all I had to change to be able to ssh to my home 
> system from Humbug.
>
>> 2/ I then need to add the perl script available from humbug link, 
>> configure a config file to in  ~/.ssh/config as per the instructions 
>> in the perl script.
>
> You can do that when at Humbug their will be people who can help you 
> with that.
>
>> 3/ Set my smoothwall box to forward all request from port 443 to port 
>> 443 on the system I want to ssh too
>
> Yeah firewall will need to let it through. Never used smoothwall so 
> your own your own their.
>
> Anyway hope that helps.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Anthony Irwin
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Thanks Anthony

Just wanted to make sure the home side of things were in place.

Michael