[LUG] ssh phone home w port forward [WAS: Carrier grade NAT..]

[Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 18 Jul, 2013, at 2:45 pm, Philip Hudson wrote:

> On 18 Jul, 2013, at 1:31 am, Kai Hendry wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > On a related note I've written a simple ssh based port forwarder:
> > http://pi.dabase.com/
> >
> > It allows you to "phone home" from behind a NAT. Without needing
> > dynamic IP setup or access to your router control panel.
> >
> > Be good if you could review the code. I tried to lock it down as much
> > as possible.
> >
> > Similar code (since re-factored it to use command=) was used to  
> > manage
> > 80 odd signage machines across London.
>
> I may have misunderstood your use case. Wouldn't autossh do the trick?

Yes I misunderstood. I still think autossh might be slightly better  
than vanilla ssh within your script, but AFAICT it won't give you the  
dynamic port numbering you want on its own.

Irrelevant question: What do you mean by "re-factored to use command"?

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