Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] SSH port forwards behind restrictive firewall

2008-02-19 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Tuesday 19 February 2008, Mick wrote: Does your mail server at home have a real ip address? You can do ssh -l username -p 443 -N ssh.server.address -L localport:mail.server.address:remoteport And you don't need to worry about setting up forwarding rules on the router. The mail

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] SSH port forwards behind restrictive firewall

2008-02-19 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 19 February 2008, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: On Tuesday 19 February 2008, Mick wrote: Does your mail server at home have a real ip address? You can do ssh -l username -p 443 -N ssh.server.address -L localport:mail.server.address:remoteport And you don't need to worry about

[gentoo-user] [OT] SSH port forwards behind restrictive firewall

2008-02-18 Thread Mick
Hi All, I think that I have confused myself with this. I am behind a firewall/http proxy which seems to only allow outbound connections on ports 80 443 for web browsing. This is not enough for me, as I would like to use my mail client to send and receive mail from behind the firewall. I

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] SSH port forwards behind restrictive firewall

2008-02-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 18 February 2008, Mick wrote: Hi All, I think that I have confused myself with this. I am behind a firewall/http proxy which seems to only allow outbound connections on ports 80 443 for web browsing. This is not enough for me, as I would like to use my mail client to send and

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] SSH port forwards behind restrictive firewall

2008-02-18 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Monday 18 February 2008, Mick wrote: Hi All, I think that I have confused myself with this. I am behind a firewall/http proxy which seems to only allow outbound connections on ports 80 443 for web browsing. This is not enough for me, as I would like to use my mail client to send and

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] SSH port forwards behind restrictive firewall

2008-02-18 Thread Nick Stinemates
Mick wrote: Hi All, I think that I have confused myself with this. I am behind a firewall/http proxy which seems to only allow outbound connections on ports 80 443 for web browsing. This is not enough for me, as I would like to use my mail client to send and receive mail from behind

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] SSH port forwards behind restrictive firewall

2008-02-18 Thread Mick
On Monday 18 February 2008, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: On Monday 18 February 2008, Mick wrote: Hi All, I think that I have confused myself with this. I am behind a firewall/http proxy which seems to only allow outbound connections on ports 80 443 for web browsing. This is not enough for

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] SSH port forwards behind restrictive firewall

2008-02-18 Thread Willie Wong
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 07:26:28PM +, Penguin Lover Mick squawked: ssh -p 443 -L :smtpserver:25 [EMAIL PROTECTED] and configure your mail client to send to localhost, port . Another alternative (depending upon how many ports you need to forward) could be to use SOCKS. With

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] SSH port forwards behind restrictive firewall

2008-02-18 Thread Mick
On Monday 18 February 2008, Willie Wong wrote: On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 07:26:28PM +, Penguin Lover Mick squawked: ssh -p 443 -L :smtpserver:25 [EMAIL PROTECTED] and configure your mail client to send to localhost, port . Another alternative (depending upon how many ports