"csharpe3@gmail.com" <csharpe3@gmail.com> writes:

> I would like to create a large amount of local port forward ports to
> another host. When setting them up on 1 putty session I get an error
> at about the 42nd tunnel port that I have too many.
>
> This is before I even try to connect to the server.
>
> Due to new policies I need to set up tunnel sessions through 1 gateway
> to up to 312 different ip/ports on the other side. NOT at one time
> though. I want my users to be able to ssh 1 time to the gateway and
> use a Procomm Directory to telnet to a max of 25 sessions at one time.
> But these 25 sessions could be any combination of the 312 available
> sessions.
>
> Is there any way to increase the available local port fwd sessions on
> one Putty session? Can you point me to any documentation to allow me
> to increase this limit? Is there another alternative?
>
> Example use
> SSH from windows to UNIX gateway
>
> On windows computer telnet to localhost 13000 - 13499 individually up
> to 25 consecutive. Putty sets tunnel L13000=192.x.x.001:23 -
> L13499=10.x.x.250:23 each local port being a separate server that can
> only be accessed from the unix gateway.


With these requirements, I think I'd be taking a good hard look at
openvpn.

Clients would Openvpn once, and then be able to telnet to the IP's on
teh other side without any mystery.

http://openvpn.net/


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Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/