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Grant Sewell wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:13:30 +0000 > Rob Beard wrote: > >> From my workplace though I can only access the basic things like >> webmail or send/receive files via FTP. I can't connect into my home >> network using VPN, VNC, SSH or anything like that as it's blocked by >> the company firewall. Unfortanately being a small fish in a big >> company there isn't any way I'll be able to do this either (unless I >> get some sort of mobile wireless internet access). > > I had the same issue at College... they allow only port 80 and 443 > *outbound*. My resolution was to have my home router forward incoming > traffic on port 443 to my server's on port 22. Then I tell my SSH > client to use port 443 for outbound traffic et viola it works. Of > course, since WinSCP also uses SSH, this works nicely too. :) > > (This does presume that you're not running an https server on :443) > > Grant. > Yup, I have that problem, my e-mail runs on port 443. Still I only tend to need e-mail from work so I can keep up to date on the LUG mailing list :-) Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html