On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 23:02, Vincent wrote: > On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:12:20 -0500 > James Drabb <JDrabb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Do I need to do anything special to allow hosts outside of my home > > network to SSH in? I am running SSH on port 21 and have opened port 21 > > on my Linksys router/firewall. However, I cannot connect from my work > > to home. I am using port 21 because the silly MS Admins where I work > > have port 22 blocked, yet they allow telnet. > > > > I can ssh on my home computer using my public IP and it connects just > > fine. Do I need to add entries to /etc/hosts.allow? > > Maybe. append > sshd: 168.1.1.1.1 sect.mydomain.com > or sshd: ALL > to your hosts.allow file, plus double check iptables. > If when you try to connect the response is 'connection refused' most likely > its a tcp wrap problem. I though tcp wrappers was only used on xinetd started apps? I run SSH standalone on startup. I put the sshd: ALL entry into hosts.all and will give it a shot tomorrow. Thanks, Jim Drabb -- --------------------------------------------------------- The box said: "Requires Windows 98/2000/NT/XP or better." So, I installed LINUX! --------------------------------------------------------- James Drabb JR Senior Programmer Analyst Davenport, FL USA
