Re: ssh just "hangs"

[John Wright <juggler_(_at_)_oaktree_(_dot_)_co_(_dot_)_uk>]

On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 04:30:03PM +0000, Emre wrote:
> SSH Version 1.2.27 [i386-unknown-openbsd2.5], protocol version 1.5.
> Compiled with RSAREF.
> skippy: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
> skippy: ssh_connect: getuid 0 geteuid 0 anon 0
> skippy: Connecting to host.com [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] port 22.
> skippy: Allocated local port 884.

Some configuration of firewalls means that some local ports <1024 will get
blocked.  If this could be the problem then use ssh -P -l user host to tell
ssh to allocate a port >1023.

A possibility.

BFN, John.
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