rsync - Jul 2011 - Rsync with SSH through Verizon FIOS Firewall

Hello there everyone. ?I'm trying to set up a server that will
"push" via rsync every night to a server in my home. ?The verizon
firewall is quite robust, and it makes connecting a bit tricky. ?Does anyone
have any tips on how I might set this up?

Thanks!

--john
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On 07/19/2011 08:27 PM, John Scanlan wrote:
> Hello there everyone.  I'm trying to set up a server that will
"push"
> via rsync every night to a server in my home.  The verizon firewall is
> quite robust, and it makes connecting a bit tricky.  Does anyone have
> any tips on how I might set this up?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --john
Hi,

Well, your problem description was kind of vague/short. So I'm not
completely sure what you want.

If you have hardly any control of a firewall in between and going to use
rsync and ssh anyway, you could instead also try initiating the
connection from the server in your home.

Have a nice day,
    Leen.

On Tue, 19 Jul 2011, John Scanlan wrote:
> Hello there everyone. ?I'm trying to set up a server that will
"push"
> via rsync every night to a server in my home. ?The verizon firewall is 
> quite robust, and it makes connecting a bit tricky. ?Does anyone have 
> any tips on how I might set this up?
Personally, I've set sshd to listen on port 443 (since I don't serve 
HTTP over SSL and most firewalls don't forbid HTTPS), by adding the 
following lines to /etc/ssh/sshd_config:

Port 22          # listen on the default
Port 443         # also listen on what's normally the https port

Then rsync can be used via:

$ rsync -e 'ssh -p 443' [etc] local/path/ hostname:

Or you can add configuration to ~/.ssh/config:

Host hostname
Port 443

$ rsync [etc] local/path/ hostname:

Or even assign a shorter name ~/.ssh/config:

Host bak             # Host = what's typed in an ssh-related command
Hostname hostname    # Hostname = what hostname is actually used
Port 443

$ rsync [etc] local/path/ bak:

-- 
Best,
Ben