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performing-network-pivoting-and-tunneling
Pivoting into segmented internal networks during authorized engagements via SSH local/remote/dynamic forwarding, SOCKS proxies with proxychains, and modern tunneling tools (chisel, ligolo-ng, socat, sshuttle) plus egress-restricted options (DNS/ICMP tunnels, cloudflared, ngrok, frp) to reach otherwise unreachable hosts.
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# Performing Network Pivoting and Tunneling
## When to Use
- After compromising a host that has access to a network segment you cannot reach directly
- When the target sits behind a DMZ, NAT, or firewall and you need to relay traffic through a foothold
- When scanning or attacking internal services (RDP, WinRM, SMB, databases) from your attack box
- When egress is restricted and you must tunnel over HTTPS, DNS, or ICMP
- When establishing reverse access from an internal host out to your infrastructure
## Critical: Techniques Most Often Missed
Pivoting fails when testers forget that SOCKS-tunneled scans must be TCP-connect, or pick the wrong forward direction. Get the fundamentals exact.
