X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4540FE87.7000504@cesmail.net> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:29:27 -0700 From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060917) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: How to go through a company proxy with ssh ? References: <1161879106 DOT 4540de42eeb55 AT imp6-g19 DOT free DOT fr> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Brett Serkez wrote: > While this is being addressed as a technical issue, the proxy server > is presumably used to implement company policy. While you will likely > succeed in circumventing the proxy server, will this put you in > violation of company policy? What might the consequences be if a > threat entered the company network via this circumvention? What will > you say to management if they question why you circumvented the proxy > server? > > Just food for thought.... Amen! In fact, I've found the IT people where I work will bend over backwards to get you the "unusual" things you need to do your job, especially if both they and your manager agree you don't have a practical alternative. -- 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/