Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: "Dave Korn" To: Subject: RE: Setup a Socks5 on a remote pc to by pass work firewall Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:42:42 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Mar 2004 15:42:43.0078 (UTC) FILETIME=[50A08260:01C41024] > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of NP > Sent: 22 March 2004 15:09 > Hi all, > > @ work they block the ICQ ports so I cannot connect Trillian > to my ICQ. That'll be because you're not supposed to spend all day gossipping on ICQ when you're being paid to work. > Someone told me about running a CygWin Socks5 server at home > and connect from my pc at work thru SSH tunnel to my socks5 > server running on my Cygwin box at home. > > Has anyone done this before? If so, what did you use and how > did you set it up? I feel as if you just wrote: " Hi all At work, they tell me not to bring in alcohol and get drunk on duty. Someone told me I could pour my vodka into a bottle of mineral water and sneak it in past the security guard that way. Has anyone done this before? What kind of mineral water bottle did you use? " > I have a base knowledge in Linux, so go easy on me! > > Regards, > > NP " I have a pretty minimal knowledge of ethics and responsibility, so go easy on me! " cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/