Re: [suse-security] ssh question

Hi Sven! On Mon, 03 Sep 2001, Sven Michels wrote:

Hi there,

i've a problem with openssh behind a 2.4.x firewall. If i try to connect to the outside, i got no response until setting the -P flag. with -P it works fine. So it seems to be a problem with the nonprivat port. is there a firewall missconfiguration or something i missed? with 2.2.19 all works fine (without -P).

I think the firewall is the one in charge. It considers source ports below 1024 as private [ because for a process to bind in that area it need root privs ] and denies access. You can alias your ssh to `ssh -P -C' [ isn't that default it SuSE? I had that impression.] -- teodor