On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 10:13:16AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I CAN'T connect to machine "C" from machine "A", however, and I suspect that
> it is our corporate firewall that is to blame ... here is a transcript of the
> failed session:

more than likely.

> debug: Allocated local port 832.

w/ firewalls, always use the -P (non-priv port) option

> $ telnet B
> Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx...
> Connected to B.our-corporate-domain
> Escape character is '^]'.
> hhhhh telnet proxy (Version 5.5) ready:
> tn-gw-> close
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> 
> [tom@id tom]$ telnet B 22
> Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

why are you trying to connect to box B?  shouldn't you be doing "telnet C
22"?  It doesn't matter if the firewall is connectable.

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