Hi all, I am not sure what happened, but rebooting (a second time) solved the problem.
Weird, Tony steve szmidt wrote: > > On Monday 08 October 2007 21:57, Tony Bruguier wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Thanks for all the help so far. I successfully installed OpenBSD today. I >> can access my machine via ssh and sftp provided I am on the same subnet. >> But as soon as I go home, then I can't anymore. >> >> Any pointers? >> >> Tony > > If you configured the firewall it probably is not configured to allow > access > from an external IP. If someone is at your house you can have them attempt > to > reach your bsd box, and if you have executed > tcpdump -nei pflog0 > > then it will show your home IP as a deny (provided the blocks have the log > parameter.) > > Provided pf is running, there needs to be a PASS rule. Something like: > > WAN=xl0 > Home=nn.nnn.nn.nnn > > pass in log on $WAN proto tcp from $Home to $WAN port 22 > > That would allow you and only you in. Of course if you have a dynamic IP > then > it will change. If that's the case you can use dyndns.net or .com(?) to > always track which IP you have at home. > > -- > > Steve Szmidt > > "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety > deserve neither liberty nor safety." > Benjamin Franklin > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-newbie--ssh-and-sftp-timing-out-tf4591680.html#a13122715 Sent from the openbsd user - misc mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
