[Gllug] Reversing an SSH connection

Daniel P. Berrange dan at berrange.com
Thu Oct 27 22:37:25 UTC 2005


On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 09:19:24PM +0100, Richard Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 08:01:19PM +0100, Rich Walker wrote:
> > The computer I wanted to connect to is in a room without any ethernet
> > ports. Our chap has to go to a computer in a different room to access
> > the Web. 
> 
> Well I guess they have their security policy for a reason ...
> Discretely installed USB bluetooth or USB wifi connected to a mobile
> phone or 802.11b AP is probably _not_ recommended ...

A bluetooth connection to my mobile via either regular GSM or 
GPRS service is my connection of last resort. If you merely
use SSH to run mutt remotely, rather than say Evolution+IMAP,
it is usable, albeit somewhat expensive & slow.

Regards,
Dan.
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