paulbrom@gmail.com wrote:
> I have used Tunellier and freeSSHd to setup a tunnel from my home to my
> work machine. However to use this system I need to initiate a
> connection initially using a token based system. To avoid doing this
> and to use the security of SSH I would like to setup a reverse SSH
> tunnel from work to home. However googling I am a little lost.
>
> I wish to login from home to work, but to do this without using any
> tokens, the tunnel would have to be initiated from work. So - can
> anyone point me to any resources that I can take a look at. Can I do
> this with the client and server software that I presently use, or is
> something else preferable and better.
>
> I know that this sounds a very dumb question - I assume that the server
> should still be at the work end and the client at home. If so, do I
> have to create the tunnel at work before going home, or can this be
> done remotely from home. If the latter, then how, because I cannot get
> onto the work network without the token that I mentioned above, and I
> wish to avoid using the token-based system.
>
> Many thanks in anticipation of - I appreciate it. Apologies for
> any dumb sounding questions. I did spend a lot of time initially
> getting to grips with SSH in June of this year, and then opted for the
> easier solution of using Tunellier as it was so easy to use Remote
> Desktop with this. I would like to use Remote desktop again, hence the
> simplicity of Tunellier appeals.
>
> Paul Bromley
>

Sounds like you want an SSH server running at work with remote port
forwarding on the client at home. By token I guess you mean something
like the RSA key fob? With OpenSSH you don't need one. You can
authenticate with passwords or a keypair. You wouldn't need to start the
tunnel before leaving to go home from work. Just make sure the server is
running and that any corporate and personal firewalls allow you to pass
through them on whatever port you run the tunnel over.