Provide SSH to someone w/ dynamic IP address {Scanned}

Mike Vanecek rh_list at mm-vanecek.cc
Sat Sep 4 04:08:38 UTC 2004


On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 23:32:56 -0400, SW wrote
> Hi,
> 
> I have a RHE 3.0 behind a hardware firewall which currently blocks 
> all ssh requests from the outside world. I need to provide one 
> person access to the box via ssh from the outside but they are using 
> Comcast cable which provide dynamic ip addresses. I tried to see 
> about opening up port 22 on an ip block but comcast uses all kind of 
> ip addresses and not just from one ip block.
> 
> Is there any way to acomplish this without opening my box to the 
> rest of the world?
> 

How about moving sshd from 22 to another port (85?) that only you and he 
would know. Then he would ssh to -p 85. Anyone ssh to -p 22 would get a 
timeout.





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