need some ssh help please
by LT72884 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4W9MS)
Hello:) Once again i have returned here for the advice i need and hope to get.
FIRST AND FOREMOST! i am running WINDOWS 10 for my HOME pc with bitvise ssh server, and an VPS ubuntu ec2 instance from amazon.
Ok, here is the situation. My ISP blocks ssh from comming IN, but i can connect to other ssh servers outside my LAN no issue. I have confirmed this by calling my ISP and they do indeed block it.
What i have done is created myself a new VPS from amazon, free tier for a year, with no storage.
Since my HOME pc can connect to a outside server just fine, i want my home ssh server to connect to the VPS and then have the VPS, reverse any ssh connections to it(VPS) back to my HOME pc. Basically, a reverse ssh. IE, if i am at a library on THEIR pc, i could plug in my USB drive that has winscp client on it, ssh to my VPS, which in turn relays the ssh session to my home server through the tunnel that was originally created.
my problem is... i do not know how to do this from WINDOWS 10. im guessing i would need something like putty or bitvise CLIENT to create a connection, keep it ON ALL THE TIME, then somehow configure the vps to relay the ssh to my HOME machine.
i have never done this before but i know it will work. my other option was a vpn BUT i cant always install a vpn on public computers and thats a hassle as well
here is a pic of what im doing. i did find a tutorial on how to do it IF BOTH machines were ubuntu. I can not and will not change the home pc to linux. Anyother pc is fine being linux, but not the HOME one:)
thanks so much for helping me out.
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FIRST AND FOREMOST! i am running WINDOWS 10 for my HOME pc with bitvise ssh server, and an VPS ubuntu ec2 instance from amazon.
Ok, here is the situation. My ISP blocks ssh from comming IN, but i can connect to other ssh servers outside my LAN no issue. I have confirmed this by calling my ISP and they do indeed block it.
What i have done is created myself a new VPS from amazon, free tier for a year, with no storage.
Since my HOME pc can connect to a outside server just fine, i want my home ssh server to connect to the VPS and then have the VPS, reverse any ssh connections to it(VPS) back to my HOME pc. Basically, a reverse ssh. IE, if i am at a library on THEIR pc, i could plug in my USB drive that has winscp client on it, ssh to my VPS, which in turn relays the ssh session to my home server through the tunnel that was originally created.
my problem is... i do not know how to do this from WINDOWS 10. im guessing i would need something like putty or bitvise CLIENT to create a connection, keep it ON ALL THE TIME, then somehow configure the vps to relay the ssh to my HOME machine.
i have never done this before but i know it will work. my other option was a vpn BUT i cant always install a vpn on public computers and thats a hassle as well
here is a pic of what im doing. i did find a tutorial on how to do it IF BOTH machines were ubuntu. I can not and will not change the home pc to linux. Anyother pc is fine being linux, but not the HOME one:)
thanks so much for helping me out.
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