Re: Binding ssh to a loopback address

CP Lim wrote:
> I was trying to forward a remote port to one at local (but not 
> 127.0.0.1) by doing :
>
> ssh -b 127.0.0.2 -L80:localhost:80 remotehost

That's a local forward, but what you're describing is a remote forward. 
 I'm assuming the command is correct  but the description is wrong 
(since you also said it works w/out the -b.

Anyway, that command will try to bind the client's end of the SSH 
connection to 127.0.0.2, so what you're trying to do is make an SSH 
connection from 127.0.0.2 to your remotehost.  Sending the connection 
out 127.0.0.2 won't go anywhere (hence the "no route to host" error).

What you need to do is this:

ssh -L 127.0.0.2:80:localhost:80 remotehost

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