Hi, On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:19:06 -0300 "Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The other day something quite funny happened to me. I was with my Laptop > trying to find an open AP. > I found one, but couldn't browser the internet nor get my OpenVPN (against a > USA-based server) up > and running. I started making some tests... and I finally tried sshing into > one of my local (i.e in > argentina) servers. > > It worked. So, they were filtering (or the internet link didn't have) > international access. I > quickly set-up an openvpn server on the argentinian (i.e national) server, a > 3proxy-proxy (fast > enough), and told firefox to use it (over the vpn). Quite funny :) I just use ssh for this. Using the "-D" flag gives a SOCKS5 proxy, listening locally, making/accepting connections on the ssh remote end. You can use it directly in Firefox, no need for full-fledged VPN. (and for that, there would be the new "-w" option -- when IP-via-TCP is an option) -hwh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
