Re: Tunnel Nessus client over ssh

I figured it should work myself and within the network the client
connects without a hitch, actually I figured I would be able to
connect to the server directly without a problem through the VPN. Is
there some type of nessus access control that prevents the client from
connecting to the server on a different subnet?


On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Sat Jagat Singh
<[email protected]> wrote:
> If ssh is working across the vpn connection, then the port forwarding should
> work.  Putty is o.k. for this.  I have made that work.  I generally prefer
> the cli ssh client available through the cygwin distribution.  For my way of
> thinking it is easier to remember the setup because the syntax is identical
> to other implementations; e.g. linux.  Putty has so many configuration tabs
> to go through to set this up that it can be confusing.
>
> --- On Thu, 10/9/08, Stephen Reese <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: Stephen Reese <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Tunnel Nessus client over ssh
> To: [email protected], [email protected]
> Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 4:39 PM
>
>> Are you doing
>  ssh like this:
>>
>> ssh -Nf <remote_host> -L1241:localhost:1241
>>
>> Then point your Nessus client at localhost 1241.  You will probably be
>> prompted about the SSL certificate having changed or being for a new host
>> and asking you whether you want to accept the certificate.  Then it just
>> works.  I do it all the time.
>
> I was trying to connect via Microsoft XP box with a Cisco VPN client.
> Then using Putty to ssh to the server running the Nessus daemon. I can
> ssh without a problem but my port forwarding must be off because I
> have yet to be able to make a connection.
>
>
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