Problems with LoopbackOnly registry entry

Miroslav Luptak luptak "at" snt.sk
Thu, 23 Sep 1999 21:05:11 +0000


> Hi all,
> 
> I'm setting up SSHD (with Miroslav  Luptak information) on Windows NT WK
> with SP 5. It works fine with VNC & SSH using the AllowLoopback registry
> entry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\) and port forwarding,
> (I execute ssh -L localport:remoteserver:remoteport remoteserver  and
> winvnc localhost:localport),..
> 
> To increase security, I've used the LoopbackOnly registry entry,
> but server have not responded. I've used the registry entries DebugMode
> & DebugLevel. The console screen doesn't show the incoming request when
> I use LoopbackOnly.
> 
> Please, can anybody help me?

Try the following ssh command for port forwarding:

	ssh -L localport:localhost:remoteport remoteserver
	(or ssh -L localport:127.0.0.1:remoteport remoteserver)

and then "vncviewer localhost:localport"

Regards,

Miro

PS: Thanks for mentioning my name. It's nice to read it :-)

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