On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 07:31 -0500, Alfred von Campe wrote: <snip> > > I would also highly recommend that you do not use port 22 for ssh from > > the outside ... pick a non standard port (like 3333 or 22222, etc.) > > and > > add this option as well to sshd_config > > > > port 22 > > port 3333 > > > > You can then port forward port 3333 from linksys to 3333 on your > > centos > > machine ... you can ssh in via that port from outside and still use > > port > > 22 from inside your firewall (via other machines inside your > > firewall). > > (you will also need to open up port 3333 tcp on iptables if you have > > iptables on). > > What about simply forwarding a non standard port from my Linksys > router to port 22 on my CentOS system? This way I wouldn't have to > reconfigure anything except for the router itself. If you linksys will do that, yes it is perfect ... mine has very limited port forwarding capability ... it only forwards a port (say 22) to the same port on one machine. No way to set more than 1 external IP or port forward 3333 -> 22 ... 3333 -> 3333 only and 22 -> 22 only. That is how mine works :( -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20061201/89512732/attachment-0003.sig>