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Dec 042010
 

Simple port forwarding using SSH

Answer:

Assume you are working at office, you want to browse the example.com securely, you can do so by using a computer at home (e.g. HOME_IP)to build a secure tunnel using ssh.

# sudo ssh -L 80:example.com:80 HOME_IP

Then in your browser, type http://localhost and you can view the example.com securely.

Aug 302010
 

Fix the warning of: Remote Host Identification Has Changed error and solution

Answer:

You might experience this error, especially when you are connecting to a remote Linux machine which has just got re-installed.

To solve this, enter the command:

# ssh-keygen -R 192.168.2.36

Where 192.168.2.36 is the IP you are connecting.