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Use AWS Windows instance as an SSH proxy? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My work has given me a remote windows desktop to use, that I access using AWS.

Through this windows desktop (accessed via a chrome web-browser), I can SSH into a compute node to do work.

I dont actually need this virtual desktop, I'd rather just SSH from my local machine directly to the compute node, using the remote desktop's network without having to spawn the desktop itself.

Ive been reading up about SSM agents[0] as a solution, but am unsure if I have the priveledges to do this myself.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager-getting-started-enable-ssh-connections.html#ssh-connections-enable

Is this something I can easily do using the AWS credentials that I have?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (3 children)

It's going to depend on how the access is set up. It could be set up such that the only way into that network is via that browser thing.

You can always connect to yourself from the Windows machine and tunnel SSH over that, but it's likely you'll hit a firewall or possibly even a TLS MitM box.

Virtual desktops like that are usually used for security, it would be way cheaper and easier to just VPN your workstation in. Everything about this feels like a regulated or certified secure environment like payment processing/bank/government stuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

You can always connect to yourself from the Windows machine and tunnel SSH over that, but it’s likely you’ll hit a firewall or possibly even a TLS MitM box.

I don't want to undermine their security. I could do a reverse proxy of course, I was just wondering if AWS itself had a solution here

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

AWS does have plenty of VPN solutions for this, but likely not with the credentials you have because they're usually very specific. And it's probably intentional, if they wanted to give you VPN access they'd give you VPN access.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I see thanks