Re: [OT] Remote SSH (dynamic IP) without third-party server
Oops -- ignore my answer, I apparently misunderstood the question.
On Saturday, August 01, 2020 07:16:31 AM rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, July 31, 2020 10:03:07 PM riveravaldez wrote:
> > Is this possible?
> >
> > Hi, to clarify: I would like to connect to a remote home-machine
> > (dynamic IP) through SSH session but without using a third-party
> > server (free or paid), just with software running in both machines.
>
> That is pretty much the way ssh works -- to connect and communicate between
> two machines with ssh, you put ssh software in each machine -- it just
> happens that the software is slightly different, and one machine (and its
> software) acts as a server and the other machine acts as a client.
>
> In my home LAN, I use static IPs (ipv4) on each machine, so to do things on
> the server from the client, I first login starting with a command like:
>
> From a CLI on the client:
>
> ssh <username on server>@<ip of the server>
>
> e.g.,
>
> ssh riveravaldez@192.168.1.35
>
> I'm then prompted for the password of the user account on the server.
>
> You can set up ssh for passwordless use.
>
> If you don't have static IPs on your LAN, you have to get the IP by some
> means which in any case, can include a domain name form, e.g., mylan.home
>
> > Tox and Jami protocols seem to be able to stablish a quick p2p
> > connection in a decentralized fashion (without the need of a central
> > server) and I understand that this means that both protocols allow
> > each client to find the other one, that is, to know their present IPs
> > at all time, no matter how dynamic they are. Is this correct?
> >
> > If so, would be possible to use a similar mechanism to obtain at any
> > moment the counterpart's IP and then make a SSH login using such
> > information?
> >
> > If there's any other simpler way (that doesn't imply the use of any
> > third party) please let me know, I could use anything that works.
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
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