Re: ssh reverse tunnel

[Jaakko Ruutiainen <jaakko ruutiainen kolumbus fi>]

Rick Bilonick wrote:
> I re-installed Fedora 8 and now I can get a reverse ssh tunnel (from
> server to home) by typing on the server:
>
> > ssh -R 2022:server.ip:22 home home ip
>
>
> Then when at the home computer, I type:
>
> > ssh -p 2022 server localhost
>
> This works fine. The only problem is the connection always times out
> even though I've changed the sshd_config files on both machines to keep
> it alive. I've restarted the sshd daemon also. Not sure why the
> connection keeps closing.

Run something like
while date ; do sleep 60; done
in the ssh session setting up the tunnel, adjust sleep time if needed. 
That will generate some traffic to keep the connection from timing out.

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Jaakko Ruutiainen