Re: List postings as attachments

[grante@visi.com]

>> > Not possible... Proxy/firewall only allows ports 21, 80, 110, and 443
>> > (https ??) and maybe some other(s) that I haven't discovered. Hell, port
>> > 110 was blocked for a while so I had to use Mindspring's web-based mail
>> > program. It was horrid.
>> 
>> Which firewall is this? Are you saying the firewall at your
>> office won't let you have an _outbound_ ssh connection, or
>> that Mindspring is blocking inbound ssh to residential
>> customers? Either way, a complaint to the relevant authority
>> is merited.
> 
> The firewall at work doesn't allow outbound connections. I
> won't waste my time fighting it... 

Yet another brain-dead MSCE who thinks you can use a firewall
to protect a company from people inside the firewall.  :)

> If it's not work-related, they have no reason to allow it...
> 
>> Have you thought of doing something sneaky like configuring
>> your home sshd to run on port 21 or 443? That might work if
>> the firewall is merely letting traffic on those ports through,
>> rather than proxying.

Simply allowing/forbidding outgoing TCP connections by port
number seems to be SOP for many network admins.  It's
completely pointless if anybody inside the firewall has a clue
and 5 minutes to spare...

> Not until about 20 minutes ago :-) Someone else suggested it
> via private mail. If I have time, I might look into it more
> and toy with it.

And once you've got sshd running on port 443, you can then
forward local ports to IMAP/NNTP/SMTP servers on the outside.

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