problem with remote forward and SSH 2.4.0 server

[David Rothenberger]

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I'm having a problem with OpenSSH_4.0p1 when trying to do remote port
forwards to a server running SSH Secure Shell 2.4.0. The problem appears
to be that 2.4.0 chokes on bind addresses that aren't numeric addresses,
such as "localhost" and "".

The following commands are failing for me from the 4.0p1 client to the
2.4.0 server:

~  ssh -R 50000:localhost:50000 server
~  ssh -R localhost:50000:localhost:50000 server
~  ssh -R :50000:localhost:50000 server
~  ssh -R \*:50000:localhost:50000 server

although these commands work just fine:

~  ssh -R 127.0.0.1:50000:localhost:50000 server
~  ssh -R 0.0.0.0:50000:localhost:50000 server
~  ssh -R 192.168.1.1:50000:localhost:50000 server

The attached patch solves the problem for me. It sends "0.0.0.0" as the
address_to_bind for these cases

~  ssh -R 50000:localhost:50000 server
~  ssh -R :50000:localhost:50000 server
~  ssh -R \*:50000:localhost:50000 server

but still passes through the specified address for

~  ssh -R 192.168.1.1:50000:localhost:50000 server

David

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