OpenVPN and introduction

> On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 13:19, Alex Earl wrote:
>> >
>> > As another response said, I use ssh. We'll see what others have to
>> say.
>>
>> My workplace blocks all ports except VPN, HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, so I
>> figure
>> the best way to get out is with VPN. Also, my ISP (Cox) seems to block
>> incoming HTTP requests, so I can't pipe SSH through port 80 like I
>> originally wanted. Anyone have a good solution? I noticed there are
>> quite
>> a few Cox users on the list.
> ---
> trying to figure out what you are trying to do - it might help others to
> come up with ideas

Basically I am trying to set it up so that I can ssh from work into my
home computer, or any other ssh enabled server I have an account on. I
think I figured it out, I found a proxy server that I can use to get out.

> generally, the way around thse things is to 'redirect' ports. If you can
> pipe ssh through port 500 ssh -p 500 hostname - and then on your
> 'receiving' machine redirect to port 22, that should be all you need to
> do.
> ---
>> I actually already run gentoo on several boxes, I was just trying to
>> feel
>> out what the group liked the most. The group I participated with in Utah
>> was a very Debian oriented organization and were kind of "elitest" in
>> Debian.
> ---
> I would have thought that this answer would have been evident by now.
> All Linux welcome - of course, if you don't use Debian, you are an
> idiot ;-) just kidding.
>
> Craig
>


:)