[plug] Getting around firewalls (Outgoing)

[W.Kenworthy]

Ive used httptunnel in the past.  Its unencrypted but works with zebedee
for portbased tunnelling, or openvpn.  Performance is not great as you
can imagine, but it works well for email, ssh/telnet sessions and the
like.

For those really hard cases, there is an email tunnel (!) and of course
there is RFC1149 as the ultimate way to bypass firewall restrictions,
though lag is considerable ...

BillK




On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 08:16 +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On Thu, May 14, 2009, Tim wrote:
> 
> > Is it common for people to come up against firewalls that block most
> > outgoing ports except DNS, HTTP and HTTPS? On these "tough" firewalls,
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > what do most people find open for outgoing? I'm thinking I might move
> 
> 3G data widget.
> 
> > Also, are there any members on the list who are interested in testing
> > some hotspot software later this month. It requires you have a dual
> > NIC machine, with a hard drive that you are willing to have wiped
> > (it's a totally automated install). I will need it tested on a
> > varierty of older hardware, and behind a variety of firewalls. If you
> > are a PLUG member, and you wish to run a captive portal hotspot at
> > home, I'm sure as long as you aren't making lots of money off it, that
> > I'd have no problem you using the software after testing! I do how
> > ever ask that you assist me in choosing a license for the source code.
> > :-P
> 
> Funny that, I'm also doing something similar.
> 
> And if you want to be viral, take a look at the AGPL. :)
> 
> 
> 
> Adrian
>