I
wish I'd had this way back when I was in school. If you've ever been
stuck on a corporate or school network that is hyper restrictive, and
you haven't been able to use instant messaging or file sharing software
(or anything that uses something other than port 80), this is for
you.
HTTP-Tunnel allows your internet enabled software to tunnel
through an HTTP connection (usually reserved for browser use, and
therefore unblocked), and connect to the outside world. HTTP-Tunnel
offer a low-bandwidth free option, and a premium high-bandwidth option.
This just may be the thing you need to communicate with the outside
world.
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8
Subscribe to commentsBrooAug 6th 2005 5:18PM
lol- this should be handy for work- as they have blocked all external access except 80, 22 and 443!
Secret for a reasonAug 6th 2005 5:36PM
For a brief moment I rejoiced. Then saw this was Windows only.
Is there anything like this for Mac?
Oh (possibly) happy day!
Chris MellerAug 6th 2005 6:12PM
Am I missing something, or is this basically just an every-day proxy that runs on port 80? There are thousands of them available on the net ranging from legit fee-based services to unknowing system admins that haven't secured theirs properly. There are even programs such as ProxySwitcher dedicated to downloading public lists of these proxies and switching between them (even automatically every x seconds).
ChristopherAug 7th 2005 11:59AM
websense and other proxy software apps will undoubtedly add this to its list of blocked sites, thus creating an empty promise of accessibility.
there *is* a good reason access is firewalled: it's called hacking.
-C
AdoraAug 7th 2005 8:56PM
I just run a squid proxy on one of my linux boxen here at the house, then create an ssh tunnel from work whenever I run across a questionable page (usually porn ads on a page with valid content...promise!). I also tunnel my mail for security reasons.
This isn't a free solution unless you have spare hardware lying around, but it's certainly more extensible than someone else's out-of-the-box solution.
:: Lisa
:: adora [at] techslut [.] net
yemAug 8th 2005 8:25AM
LOL, blocked by websense here at work...
Jos?leAug 8th 2005 8:26AM
I run OpenSSH for Windows on an XP box, Putty on my remote machines. SSH tunnelling with port forwarding, DNS lookup on the host machine, etc. Perfect for when you are on a hotspot AP of 'questionable' status.
AdamAug 8th 2005 9:16AM
Another good option is httport (client) and htthost (server) at http://www.htthost.com. You can use their public servers or run your own server. Plus you can tunnel any protocol through it. There's also a GNU http tunneling tool.