Ok, it seems to work with OPNSense, but I can't get inbound SSH connections
to work on any port... I'm not looking to connect to the OPNSense, but the
BBS. All of the google suggestions are for the former, not the latter. My port forwarding is set up right for everything else, but ssh is timing out
when trying to connect to shsbbs.net port 22. Any ideas? Mystic isn't
showing any connections.

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Shurato wrote to All <=-

Ok, it seems to work with OPNSense, but I can't get inbound SSH connections to work on any port... I'm not looking to connect to the OPNSense, but the BBS. All of the google suggestions are for the
former, not the latter. My port forwarding is set up right for
everything else, but ssh is timing out when trying to connect to shsbbs.net port 22. Any ideas? Mystic isn't showing any connections.

Is Mystic *listening* on port 22? I tried 'nmap' on that host, and it
doesn't appear that there's anything active on port 22:

danc@moria:~$ nmap shsbbs.net
Starting Nmap 7.93 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2025-07-16 08:10 CDT
Nmap scan report for shsbbs.net (174.27.216.208)
Host is up (0.091s latency).
rDNS record for 174.27.216.208: 174-27-216-208.bois.qwest.net
Not shown: 995 filtered tcp ports (no-response)
PORT STATE SERVICE
21/tcp open ftp
23/tcp open telnet
80/tcp open http
119/tcp open nntp
443/tcp open https

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 6.70 seconds




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* In a message originally to Shurato, Gamgee said:

Shurato wrote to All <=-

Ok, it seems to work with OPNSense, but I can't get inbound SSH connections to work on any port... I'm not looking to connect to the OPNSense, but the BBS. All of the google suggestions are for the former, not the latter. My port forwarding is set up right for everything else, but ssh is timing out when trying to connect to shsbbs.net port 22. Any ideas? Mystic isn't showing any

connections.

Is Mystic *listening* on port 22? I tried 'nmap' on that host, and it doesn't appear that there's anything active on port 22:

Yes, it is. Something in OPNSense is blocking it...

danc@moria:~$ nmap shsbbs.net Starting Nmap 7.93 ( https://nmap.org
) at 2025-07-16 08:10 CDT Nmap scan report for shsbbs.net
(174.27.216.208) Host is up (0.091s latency). rDNS record for 174.27.216.208: 174-27-216-208.bois.qwest.net Not shown: 995 filtered
tcp ports (no-response) PORT STATE SERVICE 21/tcp open ftp 23/tcp
open telnet 80/tcp open http 119/tcp open nntp 443/tcp open https

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 6.70 seconds

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Shurato wrote to All <=-

Ok, it seems to work with OPNSense, but I can't get inbound SSH connections to work on any port... I'm not looking to connect to the OPNSense, but the BBS. All of the google suggestions are for the former, not the latter. My port forwarding is set up right for everything else, but ssh is timing out when trying to connect to shsbbs.net port 22. Any ideas? Mystic isn't showing any

connections.

Is Mystic *listening* on port 22? I tried 'nmap' on that host, and it doesn't appear that there's anything active on port 22:

danc@moria:~$ nmap shsbbs.net Starting Nmap 7.93 ( https://nmap.org
) at 2025-07-16 08:10 CDT Nmap scan report for shsbbs.net
(174.27.216.208) Host is up (0.091s latency). rDNS record for 174.27.216.208: 174-27-216-208.bois.qwest.net Not shown: 995 filtered
tcp ports (no-response) PORT STATE SERVICE 21/tcp open ftp 23/tcp
open telnet 80/tcp open http 119/tcp open nntp 443/tcp open https

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 6.70 seconds

Ok, the windows firewall wasn't set up for public access, only private and
the sshd on the guest hadn't been installed since an OS reinstallation...
User error is the way! Odd with the firewall rule, it was working with my ng1100!

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Shurato wrote to Gamgee <=-

Ok, it seems to work with OPNSense, but I can't get inbound SSH connections to work on any port... I'm not looking to connect to the OPNSense, but the BBS. All of the google suggestions are for the former, not the latter. My port forwarding is set up right for everything else, but ssh is timing out when trying to connect to shsbbs.net port 22. Any ideas? Mystic isn't showing any

connections.

Is Mystic *listening* on port 22? I tried 'nmap' on that host, and it doesn't appear that there's anything active on port 22:

danc@moria:~$ nmap shsbbs.net Starting Nmap 7.93 ( https://nmap.org
) at 2025-07-16 08:10 CDT Nmap scan report for shsbbs.net
(174.27.216.208) Host is up (0.091s latency). rDNS record for 174.27.216.208: 174-27-216-208.bois.qwest.net Not shown: 995 filtered
tcp ports (no-response) PORT STATE SERVICE 21/tcp open ftp 23/tcp
open telnet 80/tcp open http 119/tcp open nntp 443/tcp open https

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 6.70 seconds

Ok, the windows firewall wasn't set up for public access, only private
and the sshd on the guest hadn't been installed since an OS reinstallation... User error is the way! Odd with the firewall rule,
it was working with my ng1100!

Yep, nmap now shows port 22 available.

You're welcome.



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* In a message originally to Shurato, Gamgee said:

Shurato wrote to Gamgee <=-

Ok, it seems to work with OPNSense, but I can't get inbound SSH connections to work on any port... I'm not looking to connect to

the

OPNSense, but the BBS. All of the google suggestions are for the former, not the latter. My port forwarding is set up right for everything else, but ssh is timing out when trying to connect to shsbbs.net port 22. Any ideas? Mystic isn't showing any

connections.

Is Mystic *listening* on port 22? I tried 'nmap' on that host, and

it

doesn't appear that there's anything active on port 22:

danc@moria:~$ nmap shsbbs.net Starting Nmap 7.93 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2025-07-16 08:10 CDT Nmap scan report for shsbbs.net (174.27.216.208) Host is up (0.091s latency). rDNS record for 174.27.216.208: 174-27-216-208.bois.qwest.net Not shown: 995 filtered tcp ports (no-response) PORT STATE SERVICE 21/tcp open ftp 23/tcp
open telnet 80/tcp open http 119/tcp open nntp 443/tcp open https

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 6.70 seconds

Ok, the windows firewall wasn't set up for public access, only

private

and the sshd on the guest hadn't been installed since an OS reinstallation... User error is the way! Odd with the firewall rule, it was working with my ng1100!

Yep, nmap now shows port 22 available.

You're welcome.

Thanks much, Dan!

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Gamgee wrote to Shurato <=-

Yep, nmap now shows port 22 available.

Personally, I turn off Windows Firewall. No need for it with a good edge firewall and programs that can handle being exposed to the public Internet.

You're welcome.

You sound like you've worked in IT for some reason. XD

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Digimaus wrote to Gamgee <=-

Gamgee wrote to Shurato <=-

Yep, nmap now shows port 22 available.

Personally, I turn off Windows Firewall. No need for it with a good
edge firewall and programs that can handle being exposed to the public Internet.

Absolutely. Thankfully, the only Windows around here is my wife's
desktop, so I only have to turn it off once. ;-)

You're welcome.

You sound like you've worked in IT for some reason. XD

Haha, no not really. Just a Linux geek and have a touch of BOFH in my
genes, I guess. :-)

++ Sean "Did you turn it off and back on?"

Now *that* is a standard IT/Helpdesk question... LOL



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Hi Dan,

Absolutely. Thankfully, the only Windows around here is my wife's
desktop, so I only have to turn it off once. ;-)

Yeah, at John Deere, they had so many problems becaue HQ -insistred- on leaving WF on and every time we had to update Windows via SCCM, that firewall would break and a manufacturing line would go down which was an expensive process. I'd log into the master controller system for that line, disable WF, and nine times out of ten, the line would magically work again.

Just doing my job!

I am looking at moving from pfSense on my edge firewall to OpenWRT. OpenWRT looks to be easier and much more functional for me since it has so many extensions. I'll probably put that off until next month. The next few weeks are going to be busy for me.

I am also converting dozens of CIDR ranges to subnet so I can use the built-in port of AIX's firewall in ArcaOS. With ports 22 and 23 closed, I'll have a lot less problems that I did. I just want to keep these so-called security scanners from questionable "security firms" from portscanning my system constantly.

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Sean Dennis wrote to Gamgee <=-

Hi Dan,

Absolutely. Thankfully, the only Windows around here is my wife's
desktop, so I only have to turn it off once. ;-)

Yeah, at John Deere, they had so many problems becaue HQ -insistred- on leaving WF on and every time we had to update Windows via SCCM, that firewall would break and a manufacturing line would go down which was
an expensive process. I'd log into the master controller system for
that line, disable WF, and nine times out of ten, the line would
magically work again.

Yep, I've seen similar. The *insistence* of HQ/IT sometimes is hard to believe or understand.

I am looking at moving from pfSense on my edge firewall to OpenWRT. OpenWRT looks to be easier and much more functional for me since it has
so many extensions. I'll probably put that off until next month. The next few weeks are going to be busy for me.

I've been using 'IPFire' on a small-form-factor PC for many years and it
has been great. Regular updates and LOTS of features. Linux-based, and
free. Worth a look if you're "shopping around".



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