On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Theo Van Dinter wrote:
> 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
I tried the "-P" option, and got the exact same results.
> > $ 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.
>
I was just trying to show that the B box (our corporate firewall)
appears to be blocking port 22, and yes, I did try telnet C 22:
$ telnet C 22
Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
Tom
