On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:13 PM, SJS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > begin quoting Bob La Quey as of Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:26:54PM -0700: >> My problem: I want to use ssh to get at my remote server but I am >> behind a firewall that I have no control over. It does allow normal >> http service (tcp80) >> >> One possible solution: >> http://dag.wieers.com/howto/ssh-http-tunneling/ >> >> Anyone else have this problem? > > Not in a long time, and even then, running sshd on port 443 worked.
I do not know much about ssh. I am running a client application from my laptop. Does that mean I >> Solutions? > > SSH over HTTP is an interesting concept, but the underlying premise > I have a problem with... > > WHY did the network security folks (or whoever arranged things so that > you'd be behind a firewall) nail down the firewall like that? What are > the security threats that they are concerned with, and are your actions > in subverting it in violation of the TOS/regulations/rules/contract? > > It's almost always better to approach the network security folks and > ask for an exemption, after demonstrating that you are not an idiot > liable to wreak havoc upon the network. Then end result of this sort > of restriction will be the white-listing of "acceptable servers", and > that would just suck. I am traveling. I use public libraries and Internet cafes. Mostly it just works, but sometimes like today, public library branch in Pine Valley I cannot use ssh directly. Nice surroundings though. BobLQ -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
