fuji.homeunix.org:80 ;) But I'm lazy, I don't really need IMAP because this project is almost over, and I like to antagonize Dustin.
For those who may not be following this: You can run an SSH server at home and make it listen on a different port. The location I am working at now only allows employees to browse the web (port 80), so I can't check my email on my employer's IMAP mail server (port 143). I wanted to remotely and securely get to my home network to play NetHack instead of coding in Visual Basic, but I could not because I could not get out on port 22 (the SSH port on my home OpenBSD firewall: fuji.homeunix.org). So, since I could get out on port 80, I reconfigured SSH to use that instead of 22 (edit the file: /etc/ssh/ssh_config). I believe the same thing can be done this way: sshd -p 80 but that's not permanent. What Scott and Dustin are suggesting is to _re-direct_ traffic going to port 80 on fuji.homeunix.org to port 143 (IMAP) on my employer's mail server: ssh -L 80:mail.myemployer.com:143 I could then configure my IMAP email client to use port 80 on fuji.homeunix.org instead of port 143 on mail.myemployer.com. This would allow me to get past the firewall restrictions of my current location. I think that's it. Did I miss anything or make any incorrect assumptions? Since it's Friday, I think I'll try it out. John Hebert -----Original Message----- From: Scott Harney To: [email protected] Sent: 6/20/03 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] IMAP is blocked, that's why was Re: my weird reply style Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 08:08 PM 6/19/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >> IMAP is enabled on my company's Exchange box. The problem is that >> only port 80 is open to the outside at the client's location where >> I'm working on this VB project. >> >> Really, it's not worth the bits to discuss. Let's talk about >> something else, like your mom's army boots. > > Oh no, I'm having fun. > > So why don't you guys just setup SSH and tunnel in through that? I'm > sure someone on this list could walk you through it if you needed some > help. :) If only 80 and 443 are open, he's outta luck on that plan to. Unless of course he can run a remote ssh server on one of those non-verboten ports ;) -- Scott Harney<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...and one script to rule them all." gpg key fingerprint=7125 0BD3 8EC4 08D7 321D CEE9 F024 7DA6 0BC7 94E5
