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diff --git a/doc/forwarding.dox b/doc/forwarding.dox index be4ab94e..bb93c7b1 100644 --- a/doc/forwarding.dox +++ b/doc/forwarding.dox @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Port forwarding comes in SSH protocol in two different flavours: direct or reverse port forwarding. Direct port forwarding is also -named local port forwardind, and reverse port forwarding is also called +named local port forwarding, and reverse port forwarding is also called remote port forwarding. SSH also allows X11 tunnels. @@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ Mail client application Google Mail 5555 (arbitrary) | | 143 (IMAP2) V | - SSH client =====> SSH server + SSH client =====> SSH server Legend: ---P-->: port connexion through port P +--P-->: port connections through port P =====>: SSH tunnel @endverbatim A mail client connects to port 5555 of a client. An encrypted tunnel is established to the server. The server connects to port 143 of Google Mail (the -end point). Now the local mail client can retreive mail. +end point). Now the local mail client can retrieve mail. @subsection forwarding_reverse Reverse port forwarding @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Example of use of reverse port forwarding: SSH client <===== SSH server Legend: ---P-->: port connexion through port P +--P-->: port connections through port P =====>: SSH tunnel @endverbatim In this example, the SSH client establishes the tunnel, @@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ To do reverse port forwarding, call ssh_channel_listen_forward(), then ssh_channel_accept_forward(). When you call ssh_channel_listen_forward(), you can let the remote server -chose the non-priviledged port it should listen to. Otherwise, you can chose -your own priviledged or non-priviledged port. Beware that you should have -administrative priviledges on the remote server to open a priviledged port +chose the non-privileged port it should listen to. Otherwise, you can chose +your own privileged or non-privileged port. Beware that you should have +administrative privileges on the remote server to open a privileged port (port number < 1024). Below is an example of a very rough web server waiting for connections on port |