Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-15 Thread mrkvrg
Hello All, I have a similar problem with passive ftp due to a self-imposed restrictive firewall. When "make fetch" is run on a port and ftp data is required, the PF firewall stops the program from completing. I got around this problem by restarting the firewall with a separate set of rules t

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-13 Thread jb
Wojciech Puchar wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> writes: > > > http://www.freeproxy.ru/en/free_proxy/faq/index.htm > > > > How to bypass corporate proxy? > > go away from corporation. A side effect is saving your mental health on > the long run. Well, judging by > "I am trying to introduce FreeBSD in

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-13 Thread Wojciech Puchar
http://www.freeproxy.ru/en/free_proxy/faq/index.htm How to bypass corporate proxy? go away from corporation. A side effect is saving your mental health on the long run. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-13 Thread jb
Kaya Saman gmail.com> writes: > > Hi, > > I am trying to introduce FreeBSD into my office and it's been looked > at with quite a bit of enthusiasm however, what makes it look bad is > our companies 'security' policy to block FTP. > > At present they are running a whole bunch of CentOS based bo

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-13 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:58:24 +0200 (CEST) Wojciech Puchar articulated: > > We handle a lot of highly sensitive information and that's the need > > for the severe lock-down. Even the web-proxy is restricted to the > > sites accessible meaning that we need to request access if we need > > to go some

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-13 Thread Wojciech Puchar
We handle a lot of highly sensitive information and that's the need for the severe lock-down. Even the web-proxy is restricted to the sites accessible meaning that we need to request access if we need to go somewhere not governed by that proxy. this make sense. just blocking everything except

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread dweimer
On 2012-07-12 15:26, Kaya Saman wrote: On 07/12/2012 07:54 PM, Peter Vereshagin wrote: Hello. Why don't you use a portsnap? it's over http... 2012/07/12 19:01:15 +0100 Kaya Saman => To Peter Vereshagin : KS> I will check it out however and see if that method is best, however KS> CVSup would

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Kaya Saman
On 07/12/2012 09:46 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 12/07/2012 21:26, Kaya Saman wrote: My issues start coming into play when building the actual port itself. Ie. fetching the distfile, as you suggested above. As soon as I start running portmaster -a or a 'make install clean' on certain ports, th

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Peter Vereshagin
Hello. 2012/07/12 21:26:22 +0100 Kaya Saman => To freebsd-questions@freebsd.org : KS> > A Demo? Am I invited for the show? ;-) KS> Something like a Linux repo server if you will - though I mention the KS> term very loosely. SHould you try with a ixsystems's pcbsd.org then? http://pcbsd.org If

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 12/07/2012 21:26, Kaya Saman wrote: > My issues start coming into play when building the actual port itself. > Ie. fetching the distfile, as you suggested above. > > > As soon as I start running portmaster -a or a 'make install clean' on > certain ports, the progress just bombs out totally. >

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Wojciech Puchar
My issues start coming into play when building the actual port itself. Ie. fetching the distfile, as you suggested above. As soon as I start running portmaster -a or a 'make install clean' on certain ports, the progress just bombs out totally. as you've said it is not a problem at all tom

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Kaya Saman
On 07/12/2012 08:13 PM, kpn...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 06:44:56PM +0100, Kaya Saman wrote: I do infact work for this company and additionally I am one of the administrators of the company. The information comes straight down from the IT director who will **not** change his mind

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Kaya Saman
On 07/12/2012 07:54 PM, Peter Vereshagin wrote: Hello. Why don't you use a portsnap? it's over http... 2012/07/12 19:01:15 +0100 Kaya Saman => To Peter Vereshagin : KS> I will check it out however and see if that method is best, however KS> CVSup would be the best way for us and I'm already l

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Does your IT director understand the active/passive distinction? If not From what he described his director is plain moron. He required him to block things that HE needs to work, leaving port 80 open so things that are best in distracting from work (youtube, facebook...) works, as well as maj

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Peter Vereshagin
Hello. 2012/07/12 14:44:48 -0400 Lowell Gilbert => To Peter Vereshagin : LG> Peter Vereshagin writes: LG> LG> > 2012/07/12 13:19:56 -0400 Lowell Gilbert => To Kaya Saman : LG> > LG> URLs as well as FTP. For ones that aren't, (and assuming the rather LG> > LG> silly security policies won't al

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Peter Vereshagin
Hello. Why don't you use a portsnap? it's over http... 2012/07/12 19:01:15 +0100 Kaya Saman => To Peter Vereshagin : KS> I will check it out however and see if that method is best, however KS> CVSup would be the best way for us and I'm already looking at this: KS> KS> http://www.freebsd.org/do

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Peter Vereshagin writes: > 2012/07/12 13:19:56 -0400 Lowell Gilbert > => To Kaya Saman : > LG> URLs as well as FTP. For ones that aren't, (and assuming the rather > LG> silly security policies won't allow for an external web-based FTP proxy) > LG> you may need to bring them in by offline media.

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Most surprise for me is why no one is interested about what kind of a danger the ftp protocol can ever be? i. e. skype is much more vicious in comparison to As in lots of companies where idiots are directors (common case) the danger is because it is something that "doesn't exist". As we all kno

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Wojciech Puchar
The information comes straight down from the IT director who will **not** change his mind on this as I have asked several times in the past. I just told about solution to a problem. Not a workaround. How you can make your work if your director actively prevent it!? Basically without getting to

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Kaya Saman
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Peter Vereshagin wrote: > Hello. > > 2012/07/12 13:19:56 -0400 Lowell Gilbert > => To Kaya Saman : > LG> URLs as well as FTP. For ones that aren't, (and assuming the rather > LG> silly security policies won't allow for an external web-based FTP proxy) > LG> you m

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Peter Vereshagin
Hello. 2012/07/12 13:19:56 -0400 Lowell Gilbert => To Kaya Saman : LG> URLs as well as FTP. For ones that aren't, (and assuming the rather LG> silly security policies won't allow for an external web-based FTP proxy) LG> you may need to bring them in by offline media. I believe there should be t

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Kaya Saman
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> I am trying to introduce FreeBSD into my office and it's been looked >> at with quite a bit of enthusiasm however, what makes it look bad is >> our companies 'security' policy to block FTP. > > > do you work FOR that company. Ask administr

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I am trying to introduce FreeBSD into my office and it's been looked at with quite a bit of enthusiasm however, what makes it look bad is our companies 'security' policy to block FTP. do you work FOR that company. Ask administrator to unblock if for you as you need it for work. Do you do your

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Kaya Saman
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Devin Teske wrote: > > On Jul 12, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Kaya Saman wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Devin Teske >> wrote: >>> >>> On Jul 12, 2012, at 9:23 AM, Kaya Saman wrote: >>> Hi, I am trying to introduce FreeBSD into my office and it'

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Kaya Saman writes: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Mark Felder wrote: >> On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:23:29 -0500, Kaya Saman wrote: >> >>> >>> I would like to use ports specifically and not the pkg_add tool to get >>> software. >> >> >> Getting the ports tree with csup/cvsup wouldn't use ftp. You

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Devin Teske
On Jul 12, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Kaya Saman wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Devin Teske > wrote: >> >> On Jul 12, 2012, at 9:23 AM, Kaya Saman wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am trying to introduce FreeBSD into my office and it's been looked >>> at with quite a bit of enthusiasm however, w

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Mark Blackman
On 12 Jul 2012, at 17:23, Kaya Saman wrote: > How does one get round this issue as my superiors are telling me that > opening up FTP is a security risk and therefor don't want to proceed? > > > I would like to use ports specifically and not the pkg_add tool to get > software. > > > Can anyon

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Mark Felder
On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:00:01 -0500, Kaya Saman wrote: Yeah, this is a good idea I was actually thinking about this. I've never done it so I'd need to google around a bit and do some testing but it is probably what we would want to do! Install the port, run the setup script, answer some

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Kaya Saman
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Mark Felder wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:23:29 -0500, Kaya Saman wrote: > >> >> I would like to use ports specifically and not the pkg_add tool to get >> software. > > > Getting the ports tree with csup/cvsup wouldn't use ftp. You could run your > own local mir

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Mark Felder
On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:23:29 -0500, Kaya Saman wrote: I would like to use ports specifically and not the pkg_add tool to get software. Getting the ports tree with csup/cvsup wouldn't use ftp. You could run your own local mirror (net/cvsup-mirror) as well. ___

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Kaya Saman
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Devin Teske wrote: > > On Jul 12, 2012, at 9:23 AM, Kaya Saman wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to introduce FreeBSD into my office and it's been looked >> at with quite a bit of enthusiasm however, what makes it look bad is >> our companies 'security' policy to b

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Devin Teske
On Jul 12, 2012, at 9:23 AM, Kaya Saman wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to introduce FreeBSD into my office and it's been looked > at with quite a bit of enthusiasm however, what makes it look bad is > our companies 'security' policy to block FTP. > > At present they are running a whole bunch of C

Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-12 Thread Kaya Saman
Hi, I am trying to introduce FreeBSD into my office and it's been looked at with quite a bit of enthusiasm however, what makes it look bad is our companies 'security' policy to block FTP. At present they are running a whole bunch of CentOS based boxes and VM's which of course can be run through p