SSH into my Mac from my iPod

OK, so this is what I got, but it doesn't look right...

The set up is as follows:

My Mac is on a wireless network, presumably behind a firewall over which I have no administrator privileges. Further, said wireless network changes my internal IP address randomly at random times, so I do not know what my IP address is.

Note that localhost is a variable IP address.

I forward some port or the other to my DNS:

ssh -R 19999:localhost:22 sourceuser@remotehost

Connect to my remotehost from my machine:

ssh sourceuser@remotehost

And then connect to the port I forwarded:

ssh localhost -p 19999

[solved] Second question, there are a bunch of SSH clients for the iPhone. Which one should I use?

EDIT: Since jailbreak is not illegal, simply frowned upon by the Corporation, I've decided to go with that. I have a nice shell with OpenSSH and the works. Best of all, it's free and it does exactly what you expect.

Ritwik Bose

Posted 2010-01-08T03:06:52.310

Reputation: 828

no one loves me? – Ritwik Bose – 2010-01-08T04:41:55.787

What is your first question? You should explain what exact problem you're having. – anand.trex – 2010-01-08T05:50:03.887

it's not working, and even if it did, would this approach be safe. – Ritwik Bose – 2010-01-08T07:03:07.157

Actually, if you jailbreak you get a proper full terminal with openssh. And apparently jailbreak is NOT illegal, so I'm fine with it, so that deals with that part of it. I am not sure what to do with the local host, etc, which is the main reason I am asking. The thing is, my laptop will be on a large wifi system and I will want to access it even when I'm NOT local. – Ritwik Bose – 2010-01-08T23:45:03.373

SSH into my Mac from my iPod

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