scp: how to transfer files between two computers that do not communicate directly.

Scenario: you want to transfer files between two computers, the remote1 and remote2 computers that cannot establish a between connection due to firewall restrictions, but you can scp both computers from a third computer.

Solution:

If the third computer can scp both computers remote1 and remote2 then you can use the “-3” parameter which allows you to transfer files using the third computer as a proxy.thirdcomputer$ scp -3 user1@remote1:/home/user1/file1.txt user2@remote2:/home/user2/file1.txt

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