Reverse VPN or SSH to Windows

[jim.halfpenny at gmail.com (Jim Halfpenny)]

Cygwin OpenSSH FTW. Google some articles on setting up OpenSSH server as a
windows service if you need to run an SSH server on Windows. Alternatively
PuTTY has much of the client functionality of OpenSSH client if you know
which of the options to tick.

Jim

2009/11/16 Adrian Crenshaw <irongeek at irongeek.com>

> Thanks. But what if the client is a Windows box?
>
> Thanks,
> Adrian
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Bradley McMahon <bradmcmahon at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > to setup a reverse ssh connection
> > ssh -R Port#1:localhost:Port#2 "host address"
> >
> > -R is the option to setup the reverse proxy
> > Port 1: this is the port that you need to ssh to from the host in order to
> > connect back to the machine you initiated the reverse ssh connection
> > Port 2: is the port your connecting to the host to open the tunnel
> > (default 22 for ssh)
> > host address is the host your connecting to.
> >
> > so on the machine you want to connect to you from behind a firewall.
> > ssh -R 1020:localhost:22 adrian at remote.machine.com
> >
> > and on your box your connected to to get back into that machine
> > ssh -p 1020 root at localhost
> >
> > extra credit:
> > ssh -C -D 1080 -p 1020 root at loclahost
> >
> > this will setup a socks proxy so you can actually use any program that
> > supports socks proxy as if you were on that actual machine, nice for making
> > changes to routers remotely.
> >
> > happy hunting.
> >
> > -Brad
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Adrian Crenshaw <irongeek at irongeek.com>wrote:
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > >     I'm playing around with making reverse connections out of a NATed of
> > > network. I can do it with ncat no problems. I've tried to get reverse SSH to
> > > work from a Linux box (using OpenSSH) behind NAT to a Windows box (using
> > > putty), but so far no luck. I think it has something to do with no
> > > gatewayports being present.  Anyone ever set thi up before?
> > >
> > > I'd also be interested in a way to do a reverse VPN. Basically, I'd have
> > > a drop box behind the firewall that would make a VPN connection out to me,
> > > then I could use any tools I like from my client box. Any ideas on that?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Adrian
> > >
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