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Re: [LUG] ***SPAM*** Re: PC sharing

 

Grant Sewell wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:13:30 +0000
> Rob Beard wrote:
> 
>> From my workplace though I can only access the basic things like 
>> webmail or send/receive files via FTP.  I can't connect into my home 
>> network using VPN, VNC, SSH or anything like that as it's blocked by
>> the company firewall.  Unfortanately being a small fish in a big
>> company there isn't any way I'll be able to do this either (unless I
>> get some sort of mobile wireless internet access).
> 
> I had the same issue at College... they allow only port 80 and 443
> *outbound*.  My resolution was to have my home router forward incoming
> traffic on port 443 to my server's on port 22.  Then I tell my SSH
> client to use port 443 for outbound traffic et viola it works. Of
> course, since WinSCP also uses SSH, this works nicely too. :)
> 
> (This does presume that you're not running an https server on :443)
>  
> Grant.
> 

Yup, I have that problem, my e-mail runs on port 443.  Still I only tend 
to need e-mail from work so I can keep up to date on the LUG mailing 
list :-)

Rob


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