I'm exploring a possibility, and would like feedback.
The problem: administrators want the security that SSH offers, but
Universe (and some others) running on Windows offers only telnet access.
Possible solution:
1) Obtain and run an SSH daemon on the Windows server, such as WinSSHd.
2) Run an SSH client with tunneling capabilities, to connect from a
Windows desktop, via SSH, to the WinSSHd on the server.
3) Configure that SSH client to do local port forwarding (tunneling) of
some arbitrary port (say, 1234) on the client PC to port 23 (the telnet
port) on the server's localhost (that is, the server).
4) Run a (2nd) terminal emulator on the client, connected to the client's
localhost, port 1234.
The client's SSH receives a connection on its port 1234, and forwards it
to the server, causing a connection to the server's port 23, where
Universe's telnetd receives it. Connection is made. Because the tunneled
connection is within the SSH session, it is authenticated and encrypted.
I just tested this scenario using AnzioWin (our terminal emulator/SSH
client) and it all appears to work.
Is anyone doing this? Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
It occurs to me that we could add functionality to AnzioWin to allow
"telnet over SSH" all in one running program.
Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc.
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10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9
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