I thought I had this figured out. I've got machine_a and machine_b... both Solaris for simplicities sake. I want to be able to forward from machine_a to machine_z. I run

machine_a:> ssh -L 23:machine_z:23 username@machine_z

It seems to run fine. However, on my workstation, I telnet to machine_a, and I'm actually telnetting into machine_a. IE - no forwarding. Syntax wrong?

Also, what if I wanted to use a port that's normall not open? Say I have an inhouse application running on machine_z that listens on port 2501. I want to fowrard anything that hits machine_a:2501 to machine_z:2501. Isn't machine_a not listening on this port though, and thus will reject any packets?

Thanks

ssh forwarding for security reasons only listens to the local interface... ie: you are not supposed to use forwarded ports from another pc, so it is running perfectly fine

Nathaniel - your signature has "told" misspelled.

Ugh... didn't know that. ?
Well, anyone want to suggest another solution for my problem?

"not" should be capitalized as well.

Hi GaijinPunch, have a try with ip filter it is a firewall/nat software. Check it over here

http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ipfilter/

Good Luck.
JdogPC

Will do. I'm looking at IPTABLES as well... probably not bad to learn 'em both. Thanks for the link.