I am wanting to set up a VPN using ssh between my office and my home Windows PCs, using a debian box at the remote end. The setup is as follows:
HOME (winxp)- - - -<internet>- - - - DEBIAN ----<internal network>----SERVER (win2K) I have managed to connect (using vnc) to SERVER using PuTTY or ssh at the home end thus: 1. log into DEBIAN from HOME using Putty, forward remote port 5900 to local port 5901 2. forward port from SERVER to DEBIAN using "ssh -C -g -L 5900:server:5900 debian" 3. connect vncviewer to local port 5901. All is fine with this setup. If I do this with samba using port 139 however, it fails because I've disabled root ssh logins. I'd like to set up the above setup where step 2 is replaced by a persistent connection that doesn't require a second password entry. In other words, I'd like to forward a port on SERVER to a port on DEBIAN. I don't want to use a private key file because that would have to be located on DEBIAN, with obvious security problems. I assume that this would require something other than ssh. Can you do this with iptables - if so - how? stunnel does not seem to do it - my syslog on DEBIAN indicates a connection, but nothing happens on the HOME end. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
