[plug] Proxy server

[Tim]

Another option is to use a form of iView downloader on your home
machine, then ssh/sftp/ftp the files to you.

Tim

On 18 May 2011 17:10, Adrian Woodley <Adrian at diskworld.com.au> wrote:
> If your aim is to be able to watch iView, openvpn is going to be your best
> bet. iView only uses HTTP (and therefore the proxy) for indexing the
> content. The actual stream occurs on a different port.
>
> Forcing all your traffic (or even just the traffic for your ISP's local
> iView CDN) via openvpn should work reasonably well, provided you have enough
> bandwidth. Don't forget, iView is aimed at "broadband" connections of
> greater than 1.1Mbps.
>
> Adrian
>
> On 18/05/11 05:31, Tim wrote:
>
> Otherwise there is openvpn. Provides a tunnel that all your traffic can go
> through.
> You can openvpn/SSH to your home connection if your uplink is fast enough.
> Otherwise finding a local server you can vpn to is the best option.
>
> Tim
>
> On May 18, 2011 3:51 AM, "Garry" <garbuck at westnet.com.au> wrote:
>> I'm heading to bali in august, and I'd like to setup a proxy server to use
>> when away.. This is so I can have an aussie ip, allowing me to use iview
>> to
>> watch the news.. Guess there is vnc but I don't think sound works with
>> that.
>>
>> The howto guides I've found are for internal caching using squid, maybe
>> I'm
>> not using the correct terminology?
>>
>> Alternatively, anyone know of a reasonable priced tunnelled proxy with
>> good
>> bandwidth? Going for 2 weeks so $10~20 is about the mark.
>>
>> It's not the end of the world if I can't do it, I could easily access the
>> podcasts collecting at home via ftp.. But it'd be handy..
>>
>> I don't know iptables if that's the answer. Is there a linux based
>> application to set something like this up ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Garry
>>
>
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