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List:       openssh-unix-dev
Subject:    Re: Simple ways to test ssh tunnel
From:       Mathieu Westphal <mathieu.westphal () kitware ! com>
Date:       2018-10-05 12:29:04
Message-ID: CAC2t4URb-p4hn-uL+n9fOAs_=x7ds8ZPoLvjooWfNi++HQXd6g () mail ! gmail ! com
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Thank you very much, telnet is indeed the simplest way, I should have think
of it.

Also, the simplest way to have a http server running is with python
python -m http.server will work just fine.

Mathieu Westphal


On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 1:26 PM Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Oct 2018, Darren Tucker wrote:
>
> > On 5 October 2018 at 19:23, Mathieu Westphal
> > <mathieu.westphal@kitware.com> wrote:
> > [...]
> > > ssh -L 8080:localhost:11111 user@remote
> > >
> > > What command could I then use to use this tunnel as simply as possible,
> > > either on the client, the server or both.
> >
> > On the client, "telnet localhost 8080".  If it connects, depending on
> > what's on the other end either you'll get a banner or it'll wait for
> > the client to send something.  If it speaks HTTP. you can type
> > something like "GET /" and it'll probably give either a page or an
> > error message.
>
> You can also use netcat instead of telnet, or perhaps "openssl s_client"
> if your endpoint requires TLS.
>
> -d
>
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