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mattf · 07-17-03, 12:07 PM

You might want to take a look at running a SSH server at home and then using an SSH client at work to connect to the server. The tunnel is encrypted and you can send just about any protocol down the pipe.

basically what happens is on your work box, you'd set localhost:port and then your ssh client would intercept these calls and pass them thru the tunnel to your home box. If you are connecting to a mail server for example, you home box would just forward that request. You'd need to run some kinda proxy at home for the http/s stuff.

One real bonus - you can set the SSH server at home to listen on any port. here where I work, _everything_ is blocked except 443. So I just set my home server to lsited on 443 and off I go.(Plus they only allow http/s traffic so thank goodness for corkscrew - it makes everything look like an https request)

I've no idea if you can do this with win32, but with Linux or BSD, it's a breeze.

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mattf Aximsite Minor League Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Louisiana, USA Posts: 122 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	SSH Tunnelling You might want to take a look at running a SSH server at home and then using an SSH client at work to connect to the server. The tunnel is encrypted and you can send just about any protocol down the pipe. basically what happens is on your work box, you'd set localhost:port and then your ssh client would intercept these calls and pass them thru the tunnel to your home box. If you are connecting to a mail server for example, you home box would just forward that request. You'd need to run some kinda proxy at home for the http/s stuff. One real bonus - you can set the SSH server at home to listen on any port. here where I work, _everything_ is blocked except 443. So I just set my home server to lsited on 443 and off I go.(Plus they only allow http/s traffic so thank goodness for corkscrew - it makes everything look like an https request) I've no idea if you can do this with win32, but with Linux or BSD, it's a breeze. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. quis fimum scribit?