Are you on the same network? If going over the internet not all carriers allow ssh through. If testing on the internal network then likely it is the Windows Firewall like JD said. Sincerely, Judd Pickell On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 11:22 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > So I have a windows boxes (Hence why this is OT) using openSSH server > via cygwin. But when I try and do port forwarding to this box I get a > nasty error. Let me be specific > > I set up the forward fine > ssh -f user@remote.host -p ssh_listning_port -L > local_forward_port:remote.host:destination_port -N > > So that works fine, but when I go to actually use the tunnel I get > > channel 2: open failed: connect failed: Operation not permitted > > What up?  The server has AllowTcpForwarding yes > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss