OT: SSH on OS X

[Sarah Reichelt]

I don't know about anyone else, but I am very interested in this
thread and would like to see it remain on list.

Cheers,
Sarah


On 1/16/07, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
> Brent Anderson wrote:
> > Hello.
>
> Thanks very much for the response.
>
> >
> > It's very easy to set up SSH on your Mac (System Preferences > Sharing >
> > Check "Remote Login" box) but you may have a few pitfalls in the way if
> > you're trying to connect from anywhere other than your local network.
> > You didn't specify too much detail, but I would assume you're trying to
> > connect to your mac from outside your home network (From work, perhaps)
> > and your problem is probably any firewall you have between your desktop
> > Mac and your "remote location." The firewall at the remote location (if
> > any) shouldn't be a problem as most firewalls only lock out outgoing
> > connections rather than incoming ones. Since this is the case, you'll
> > need to open port 22 on your firewall (Probably using port forwarding,
> > but port triggering may work as well).
>
> Right. I can connect from within the local network just fine. When I try
> to connect from outside, I get no response from my home Mac and
> eventually a timeout. My local router is set up to forward port 22 to my
> desktop Mac. The router logs seem to indicate that my outside request is
> arriving and the router is forwarding.
>
> I didn't want to gum up the list with unrelated chatter, so I hope it's
> okay if I contact you privately. You're the only response I've received,
> so my last hope. ;)
>
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> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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