On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 04:26:56PM +0100, Chris Richardson wrote: > Hello, > > [I've been googling around all afternoon trying to find an answer to > this, apologies in advance if it's a FAQ.] > > I have a number of Macs behind a firewall. This only allows HTTP and > FTP traffic. I don't have access to an HTTP proxy. Network policy > will not permit any changes to the firewall rules. > > Is there any way of getting Fink to update to the latest, shiniest > version and package list using only HTTP and/or FTP? I don't object to > doing any amount of fiddling about by hand or script. I also have > access to SuSE linux boxes outside the firewall if that's any help.
Hi again, sorry for not posting it in one e-mail but I just thought about it: one solution that was suggested to me on the tex newsgroup for another problem is to ssh to a machine outside the firewall, if this machine has access to a http proxy, and use the -L option to ssh to be able to use this machine's proxy: quote: ssh machine.home-uni.fr -L 8000:wwwproxy.home-uni.fr:80 will open an ssh connection to machine.home-uni.fr and arrange things so that if you connect to port 8000 of your local machine, ssh actually routes that request via machine.home-uni.fr to wwwproxy.home-uni.fr port 80, and then the request will go via the wwwproxy to the actual site you are trying to reach. Then you can perhaps set your WWW browser to use localhost, port 8000 as HTTP proxy. (end quote) cheers, Clemence ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
