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diff --git a/_posts/2020-02-24-ssh-tunnel-windows.md b/_posts/2020-02-24-ssh-tunnel-windows.md index 60628df..f169b8d 100644 --- a/_posts/2020-02-24-ssh-tunnel-windows.md +++ b/_posts/2020-02-24-ssh-tunnel-windows.md @@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ immediately blown away by how useful it can be. Basically, to use SSH tunneling (a.k.a. port forwarding) you need to have a SSH client (`ssh`) with an access to a SSH server. -You can then access any port on any host your SSH server has access to. +You can then access any host your SSH server has access to. It works like this: -* your SSH client establishes a connection to the SSH server, +* the client establishes a connection to the SSH server, * the client asks the server to forward incoming requests to the destination host, -* the client listens to the proxy port on the local machine, and forwards +* the client listens on a proxy port on the local machine, and forwards requests to the SSH server. Say, you have access to SSH server `gateway` on port 22, and you want to gain access to HTTPS server `dest` on port 443, which is only accessible from the -network both it and the SSH server belong to. +the SSH server. You can then run something like {% include jekyll-theme/shell.html cmd='ssh -L 4433:dest:443 gateway -p 22' %} @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ You can make a _reverse_ tunnel, allowing you to give access to any host your client computer has access to, via a remote SSH server. It works like this: -* your SSH client establishes a connection with the SSH server, -* the client asks the server to listen to a port of your choosing and forward +* your SSH client establishes a connection to the SSH server, +* the client asks the server to listen on a port of your choosing and forward incoming requests to the client, * the client forwards incoming requests to the destination host. |