On 12/19/2013 02:51 PM, John Andersen wrote:
Friend's college age son wants to access his computer in the dorm when he visits home. College won't allow listening on ports, and they have him behind a NAT.
Is it possible to have an outbound (from the dorm) ssh connection "reversed" so that the target (the home computer) is able to control the dorm machine?
There are ways to do this, but just because you "can" doesn't necessary mean you "should". I know of places where circumventing policy like this would earn you a security violation. You should ask the boy to find out what kind of penalties he might see if caught. Note that outbound persistent ssh connections are easy to spot by the organization's security team, even if you use non-standard ports. Regards, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org