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[Amedee Van Gasse <amedee@xxxxxxxxx>]

Boris Epstein schreef:
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Amedee Van Gasse <amedee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > James Knott schreef:
> > > Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > > > AND, it's trivial to ssh into your home box and access an email client
> > > > there.
> > > Assuming the corporate network & security will permit.
> > I assume that there is some kind of firewall? And that it blocks port
> > 22? Are they using a mandatory proxy?
> > I may be able to help you, if you give me more details. Are they using
> > ISA or Squid?
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Amedee
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> If TCP port 22 (or whichever port the SSH is running on) is blocked
> you can definitely not SSH into the box directly. What can be helpful
> is a VPN with the server (hub) outside of the firewalled network. That
> not only provides extra security but also allows one to access hosts
> whose existence is not even advertised in any perceptible manner out
> on the Internet.
>
> Boris.
Indeed. That's how do it too, with an ssh tunnel over port 443 to my
server in a datacenter, and from there openvpn to my workstation at home.
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