An administrator would like to securely connect to a server and forward port 8080 on a local machine to port 80 on the server. Which of the following commands should the administrator use to satisfy…

The correct answer is A. ssh -L 8080:localhost:80 admin@server. This command will create a local port forwarding, which means that connections from the SSH client are forwarded via the SSH server, then to a destination server. In this case, the destination server is the same as the SSH server (localhost), and the destination port is 80. The…

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An administrator would like to securely connect to a server and forward port 8080 on a local machine to port 80 on the server. Which of the following commands should the administrator use to satisfy both requirements?

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Assh -L 8080:localhost:80 admin@server
Bssh -R 8080:localhost:80 admin@server
Cssh -L 80:localhost:8080 admin@server
Dssh -R 80:localhost:8080 admin@server

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Explanation

This command will create a local port forwarding, which means that connections from the SSH client are forwarded via the SSH server, then to a destination server. In this case, the destination server is the same as the SSH server (localhost), and the destination port is 80. The SSH client will listen on port 8080 on the local machine, and any connection to that port will be forwarded to port 80 on the server. This way, the administrator can securely access the web service running

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#SSH#Port Forwarding#Secure Communication#Linux Commands

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