https://github.com/ineiti/remotessh

Connect to a remote computer using ssh and a proxy.
https://github.com/ineiti/remotessh

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Connect to a remote computer using ssh and a proxy.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ineiti/remotessh
• Owner: ineiti
• Created: 2017-08-10T14:24:46.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-08-10T18:16:16.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-03T08:23:49.776Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: remote, ssh
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 4.88 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# remotessh

Configure a remote connection through ssh.

Teamviewer is great, but under some circumstances it's not possible:

* low-bandwidth - waiting for the screen to show is sloooow

* IoT-devices where it's not installable

Other solutions like VPN might be too difficult to install.

I struggled mostly with the first point and searched for a long time a way to access a compter remotely through ssh.

Because the sharing-feature of Macs or opening a ssh-port under Linux doesn't work through NAT, 

`remotessh` solves the problem by connecting to a server:

```ascii

Remote computer ---->  public server  <---- control computer

sshd listening on      can connect          needs access to

port 2222              to remote computer   public server

ssh port-forwarding    through port 2222

to server

```

On the control-computer, you initialize the keys:

```bash

./scripts/install.sh user@host

```

And then you zip the whole directory and send it to your 'remote computer'.

Now your friend unzips it and runs either

```bash

./scripts/start_remote.sh

```

or double-clicks on the `start_remote.scpt` if he has a Mac.

Now you can connect to your public server and run

```bash

./connect_remote.sh

```

And _voila_, you're connected to the remote computer via ssh.

# Security

This gives access to your public server to the user from the remote computer.

Each time you run `install.sh`, a new keypair is created for the remote computer, and

the public server has the public key installed in its `authorized_keys`.