Ssh – Enable Cisco ASA as an SSH Tunneling

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I am trying to utilize my Cisco ASA as a SSH Tunnel. I've configured this before when using a Linux server as the SSH target, however I cannot seem to get it to work with the ASA. I have configured and enabled SSH on the Cisco ASA, as well as a username that I can SSH to the console, however the SSH Tunneling feature does not work.

For example, on my PC I use Putty with a Local Tunnel defined to a server behind the ASA. I should be able to (if SSH connected to the ASA) be able to access the server.

See screenshot of putty.
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has anyone come across this before? Again this is to use my Cisco ASA as a SSH tunnel, this
is not a port forwarding.

-Jim

Best Answer

Cisco ASAs do not support SSH Tunneling, that's why it doesn't work.