[TriLUG] sftp/ssh to boxes behind a firewall

[Dave Sorenson]

Have your second machine listen on a different port for SSH traffic and 
forward the alternate port to the second machine from your router?

Dave

Roy Vestal wrote:
> I'm looking for the best/easiest way to do this.
>
> I have a few machines behind my firewall at home. I have 1 port setup 
> for ssh/sftp to one machine. However, i have a second machine I need 
> to get to from time to time.
>
> Currently, I ssh to machine 1, then have to ssh to machine 2. Is there 
> anyway, using ssh to create a kind of tunnel like I can with vnc over 
> ssh, that will allow me to directly ssh/sftp to the second machine?  
> For example, if I have a document on machine 2, I currently ssh to 
> machine 1, sftp the document from machine 2 to machine 1, then sftp 
> the document from machine 1 to the workstation I'm on. Is there a 
> better/easier way that is still using ssh/sftp?
>
> TIA,
> Roy