Re: My home ISP blocking ssh protocol

Christopher Schultz <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Dec 2019 14:42:49 -0500
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Matt,

On 12/12/19 13:43, Matt Thomas wrote:
> Not sure if you have read the first post, or maybe i didnt add it, but =
i
> have tried port 22,5022,8022, 25565, 47506 and 443 haha.=20

It wasn't clear if you were changing the port number of the sshd service
(on your server) or the port you had open on your firewall/router. I
suspect that your ISP is blocking incoming connections to port 22. The
port number you use for sshd on the server is not relevant.

-chris

> On Thu, Dec 12, 2019, 9:44 AM Christopher Schultz
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wr=
ote:
>=20
>     Matt,
>=20
>     On 12/12/19 11:01, Matt Thomas wrote:
>     > Server is 192.168.0.10
>     > Router is 192.168.0.1
>     >
>     > It works fine internally:)
>     >
>     > I add a port forward in the router for port 22 pointed at .0.10.
>     Routers
>     > firewall all ready is configured to accept ssh on port 22 from an=
y
>     any.
>     >
>     > When ever anyone attempts to connect to the server, a pop up show=
s
>     on my
>     > screen. When i try to have my friends or co-workers try from ther=
e
>     house
>     > or i try from public place, no pop up or hits on the server log. =
Just
>     > times out.
>     >
>     > But if i put minecraft on port 22, it works. So certain traffic i=
s
>     > making it through. Even hamachi vpn works fine BUT i cant install=
 that
>     > on public PC's haha
>=20
>     I was about to say "this is clearly an issue with the port number, =
pick
>     something other than 22" but if you say you can run Minecraft over =
port
>     22, then that's ... strange.
>=20
>     I wasn't aware that Minecraft servers could have their ports change=
d
>     like that. You can really set up your Minecraft server to listen on=

>     localhost:22 and it doesn't use UPnP or anything like that to
>     reconfigure your firewall/router?
>=20
>     My advice is to try configuring things like this:
>=20
>     Router: 192.168.0.1
>     Forward WAN connections to port e.g. 1022 -> 192.168.0.10:1022
>     <http://192.168.0.10:1022>
>=20
>     Server: 192.68.0.1
>     Accept stunnel connections on port 1022
>     accept=3D:1022
>     connect=3Dlocalhost:22
>=20
>     If that works, I might even try just changing the port number of yo=
ur
>     ssh/sftp service from the "standard" port to something else and try=
ing
>     again without stunnel in the mix.
>=20
>     I've never encountered an ISP which does deep packet inspection to =
block
>     services. They usually just block ports.
>=20
>     -chris
>=20
>     > On Thu, Dec 12, 2019, 7:58 AM Christopher Schultz
>     > <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>     <mailto:[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Matt,
>     >
>     >     On 12/11/19 17:53, Matt Thomas wrote:
>     >     > I need to know if Stunnel is going to accomplish what i nee=
d
>     to do. My
>     >     > home ISP blocks protocol HTTP and SSH from coming in so tha=
t
>     >     people cant
>     >     > run their own website from home without paying the ISP for =
a
>     >     "Business" line
>     >     >
>     >     > All i am trying to do is have a SFTP server that i can
>     access my dang
>     >     > files from while i am at school, work, friends house, libra=
ry or
>     >     > wherever. I have tried ssh on multiple random ports and mad=
e
>     sure all
>     >     > firewall rules and port forward rules were correct in my ho=
me
>     >     router. I
>     >     > know they work because i even went as far as setting up a
>     minecraft
>     >     > server to just test the port forward rules out and sure
>     enough, my
>     >     > friend 200 miles away can connect just fine to my home mine=
craft
>     >     > server.. But he can not connect to the ssh server. No logs
>     are ever
>     >     > created on the server either because something is stoping
>     the packet
>     >     > from even hitting my router, that something is my ISP
>     >     >
>     >     > Would stunnel allow me to make ssh traffic look like regula=
r
>     https
>     >     > traffic, thus allowing me to connect to my server at home s=
o
>     i can
>     >     do my
>     >     > homework??
>     >
>     >     Those other servers probably use TLS or plaintext connections=
=2E
>     stunnel
>     >     uses TLS, but ssh/sftp use a slightly different protocol that=
 may
>     >     possibly be distinguishable by a determined ISP.
>     >
>     >     I would think that using stunnel to tunnel SFTP/SSH would be
>     possible,
>     >     though not strictly necessary. I suspect some other problem i=
s
>     >     preventing you from succeeding.
>     >
>     >     Can you be more specific about exactly what you did for
>     configuration?
>     >     Port numbers, specific things you did, etc? You don't have to=

>     disclose
>     >     your public IP address, but perhaps give the local IPs of you=
r
>     router
>     >     and home server, etc?
>     >
>     >     -chris
>     >
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