Re(2): openvpn in spite of firewalls
David, Alex, Karl & others,
At Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:50:37 +0100 Karl wrote,
kj> I presume that you do not have control over the firewall?
Correct.
The socket concept is sound. Yet where administrators
insist on closing ports & etc. indiscriminately, the
concept is defeated. I'm afraid that your software
will become a necessity in many environments.
kj> ... any holes in the firewalls for UDP?
Not that I know of. Is there an efficient & reliable
way to search for a UDP port?
kj> Since the firewalls allow SSH through, you can
always run a PPP link over ssh...
Will keep it in mind as a last resort(?).
kj> Hope this helps
Certainly, thanks, ... Peter E.
http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/
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