Re: Plz help regarding implemetation of NETCONF over SSH

[Simon Leinen <simon.leinen@switch.ch>]

Shilpa Jayantilal Bharkhada writes:
> Sorry to bother you again on this.

> Just wanted one more clarification for this if you could help.  When
> ssh client is being used to create the subsystem as in "ssh -s
> ourserver.com -p 830 netconf" , I understand that the ssh client is
> directly connecting to the netconf subsystem agent which is starting
> at port 830.

> Is this the correct way for the client to connect to the netconf
> agent

Yes.

> or client should always connect to port 22 i.e to sshd server (and
> not directly to 830) and ssh will take care of tunnelling the
> communication to the agent app at 830 ?

No.  IF you have an SSH client (or client library) that can only
connect to port 22, then tunneling might be a workaround for
connecting to a NETCONF server listening on the standard port 830.
But perhaps it would be easier to just use a better SSH client/library
instead.
-- 
Simon.

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