On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
Hi,
I want to know how to do this.
I have a server that is currently remote to me. Ie, I have to connect via internet. In order to have access to its local network I do:
firefox --no-remote &
in a remote terminal via ssh -X. It works. Responsiveness is slow, though, network delays I guess. And having to paint the entire firefox remotely.
I think there is some other way. Somehow connecting the local network there to my laptop, perhaps a tunnel via ssh. Not a vpn, I think.
Where can I read about this? A nice document for dummies would be nice, I'm not asking for someone to start typing the full explanation :-)
Even the right string for a search in google or elsewhere is nice ;-)
If the destination server is protected by firewall that blocks SSH connections, you will want a reverse tunnel. I use reverse tunnels to connect to the machines in my lab. The basic concept is I have server in the cloud (a VM instance I pay for). The firewalls related to my cloud VM are on my server, so I have 100% control of the open ports. At my office, my ISP blocks a lot of ports. My lab machines use autossh to maintain an outbound connection to the VM. The VM in turn opens ports and forwards all new connections back to my servers in my lab. I have 5 PCs in my lab that I can access that way. For each one I have a dedicated, non-standard, port on the VM server that allows access to my machines. It's a little complicated to setup, especially if the lab machines are Windows based. I wrote a tutorial on how to do it. Even if I'm the only user of the tutorial, it is good to have. https://lizards.opensuse.org/2015/04/20/using-opensuse-as-a-reverse-tunnel-s... Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org