Lan Barnes([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 02:27:07PM -0800:
> I have sshd configured at home to listen on 0.0.0.0, use protocols 2,1,
> and use a nontraditional port higher than 2000. It works internally on my
> home net and can be accessed from T-mobile at Starbucks.
> 
> But, at my new job (Sony in RB), putty is failing.
> 
> Is says "Network error: connection refused."
> 
> Is there some mojo I need to perform? At my old job, it all just worked
> over port 22. FWIW, port 22 has the same failure reaction here.
> 

I suspect the same thing Jeff does.  They probably run a
transparent proxy that blocks nearly everything.  I've had to deal
with that where I work too.  It stinks for several reasons.

The way I've dealt with that in the past is to install
webmin/usermin.  I rarely needed to do significant work on the
machine, so that sufficed.  There are a couple other possibilities
that would require some work at home, and you don't have to nmap
Sony's network (which would probably go completely unnoticed, but
isn't likely to be condoned if it *is* noticed).

One option is to set up an httpd with ssl enabled, then install one
of the "webshell" type programs.  The other option is to install
VNC and attach to it via https.  The latter will allow you to
access your desktop and run xterms, whereas the former will require
less bandwidth and is easier to set up in general.

One more thought, before you invest the effort, check to make sure
that you haven't configured your sshd or firewall to only accept
connections from specific (blocks of) addresses.  It's easy to set
something like that up to keep the script kiddies from running
their brute-force attacks, and then forget that you have it in
there.

Wade Curry
syntaxman
 


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