On Thu, 2 May 2002 16:52:31 -0700 "Mansey, Jon" <Jon_Mansey@verestar.com> wrote:
Why do you need a public IP to do ssh?
you don't, however, w/o a public IP, IPSec becomes difficult, sometimes impossible, to deploy -- and there are lots of folks who have or might come to have such applications, as the teething problems with IPSec gradually settle out. i just spent a week in IPSec/NAT hell working with a client who was stuck with an Ameritech DSL line. i really don't feel much like listening to songs about the joy of NAT right now (we got the application working, with no thanks due Ameritech.) richard -- Richard Welty rwelty@averillpark.net Averill Park Networking 518-573-7592 Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security