On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 18:50, Don wrote: > From my work office I can ssh to my home machine ... works great..... > From home I can NOT ssh back to my work, because the work firewalls > are secure in that regard. (Changing the firewall settings at the > office is not an option available to me)..... > > Is there a way I can start a session FROM my office, and then from > home, somehow "piggy back" on that so I could work on the office > machine from home? > I haven tried it, but i think that you can configure you ssh session in order to port forward back when you create the office to home session, that way you can connect to a local port on you home machine and it can be forwarded to your office machine, the same way the X11 protocol can be forwarded over ssh Be careful because you can have legal problems with your employer if it does not allow you to do this kind of things > So, effectively, from my work machine I'd initiate a session at the > other end (my home). When I got home I could continue working on the > machine that's in the office. > > Thanks, > Don
