SSH/Tunnel question

[mm24579]

I know basic tunneling using Linux/Putty/SSH. However I am trying something a little more complex. At home I have a Linux box running SSH Server. I also have a Windows box running remote desktop(TCP/3389). I would like to be able to connect to the windows remote desktop from a remote location using the tunnel created by Putty/SSH to the linux box.

Is this possible?

[Roxoff]

Yes. Do a reverse forward of that port you quoted along the tunnel, and at the linux end connect your rdp client to localhost on the same port.

You do this in putty on one of the SSH pages near the bottom of the list on the left - it's been a long time since I needed to, though, so this might not be right. I recall there being a tab on one of the SSH or authentication tabs that let you specify ports to forward, and there was a 'reverse forward' type tick-box.

I've always found it easier to put a -F or -R statment in the ssh line, or a line in the ~/.ssh/ssh_config file on Linux.

I always used to find that if I set that kind of mechanism up at work, drove home, then tried to connect to the rdp or vnc session, the ssh connection had timed out before I got there