Github (SSH) via public WIFI, port 22 blocked

Question

I'm currently on a public WIFI spot and I'm unable to use SSH (they probably blocked that port). However, I need that connection to do a git push.

➜ ssh -T [email protected]
ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Connection refused

Is it possible to bypass this restriction by setting up a SSH tunnel via port 80 and tell github push to use that connection? How to do that? I'm on OSX (lion). This must be a common problem?

Hollyhock

Anyone know how to do this for Launchpad.net? – Scrapbook

Answer 1

Try this:

$ vim ~/.ssh/config

Add

Host github.com
  Hostname ssh.github.com
  Port 443

Source: https://help.github.com/articles/using-ssh-over-the-https-port

Peninsula

@Peninsula any idea what's the config for heroku? – Metallo

just fyi, you don't have to open the file with vim. – Macaronic

This is great! But I too need to do this for heroku. Any ideas? – Faircloth

Refer to serverfault.com/a/253314 if you are getting Bad owner or permissions on /home/.../.ssh/config – Ninepins

Anyone know how to do this for launchpad.net? – Scrapbook

Thanks! Your answer solved my problem 10 years later ! – Hydrogenate

probably more general-user-friendly to switch vim for nano here. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ – Bald

Didn't work for me, still not being able to push – Oat

ssh: connect to host ssh.github.com port 443: Resource temporarily unavailable – Amabelle

Answer 2

The same works for Bitbucket:

Host bitbucket.org
  Hostname  altssh.bitbucket.org
  Port  443

via (outdated / dead)

via, updated (2015-10-29)

Harvey

Answer 3

In addition to configuring it with the ~/.ssh/config file, you can also simply include the port number in the remote URL you use. You just have to

1. use a proper URL like ssh://user@host:port/path instead of the user@host:path shorthand; and

2. prepend the ssh. subdomain to github.com.

For instance, instead of

[email protected]:cdbennett/python-gitlab.git

use

ssh://[email protected]:443/cdbennett/python-gitlab.git

Languid

This worked for me: ssh://[email protected]/repo.git but without the 443 port, as that gave me an error. – Baron

But I only did this on the directory of the project with git config --local -e – Baron

Answer 4

For gitlab, following can be added:

Host gitlab.com
  Hostname altssh.gitlab.com
  User git
  Port 443

Source: Alternate Gitlab SSH Port

Varick

Answer 5

No need to modify the ~/.ssh/config. You can add another remote repository via git remote add ...

// github
git remote add ssh://[email protected]:443/repo/name.git

// gitlab
git remote add ssh://[email protected]:443/repo/name.git

Hallerson

Answer 6

VPN (ExpressVPN) worked for me on JetBlue

Wert

Answer 7

I find two ways

First

• tor + torify

After successfully Install and configure tor on system simply run this to check ssh use tor.

torify ssh -Tv [email protected]

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Second

• tor + privoxy + corkscrew

First configure tor from fist step. Then install privoxy to convert tor SOCKS5 to HTTP proxy.

sudo apt install privoxy

Then install corkscrew

sudo apt install corkscrew

Place this config file in: ~/.ssh/config

host *
    ProxyCommand corkscrew 127.0.0.1 8118 %h %p

Or with ncat

Host gitlab.com
        User git
        ProxyCommand ncat --proxy 127.0.0.1:8118 %h %p

Also can use nc instead of ncat

    ProxyCommand nc --proxy 127.0.0.1:8118 %h %p

Now ssh can use configured proxy.

[Edit]

Simpler version

Use torify before ssh command.

torify ssh -Tv [email protected]

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To works with Privoxy+Tor may need to change default configs. For me uncomment this line in /etc/privoxy/config

forward-socks5t   /               127.0.0.1:9050 .

ssh config

Host *
    ProxyCommand nc --proxy 127.0.0.1:8118 %h %p

Macdonell