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Tunnel through another host using ProxyCommand.

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Section: Jump Hosts and Proxies

ProxyCommand with netcat

bash
bash
ssh -o ProxyCommand='ssh bastion.example.com -W %h:%p' user@private.internal
Explanation

Tunnel through another host using ProxyCommand.

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