Firewall Traversal for Macs? 12
TexTex asks: "I find myself lacking in many of the joys of the internet while at work, largely because of a particularly effective firewall. While it works great at keeping stuff out, it also keeps me in. FTP and HTTP proxies are the only available exit (no SOCKS). Also, I'm using a Mac so firewall support on many of the apps are not as flexible as I'd like. Napster, Gntuella, and Quicktime streams are unavailable (not to mention all those swell Yahoo internet games). Any ideas how a lone Mac user can escape from the inside?"
ZDNet Alternatip on Firewalls (Score:2)
Well.... (Score:1)
HTTP IP Tunnel (Score:1)
Failing that, how about PPP over HTTP? You could setup a server outside of the firewall and set PPP over POST requests. Could that not be done with a bit of hacking? If it cannot be done on the Mac could it be done in Linux? You could always install Linux on your computer.
Like I said I don't know much about the TCP/IP stack on the Mac or Linux, for that matter, so this might not even be possible.
Quicktime can pierce firewalls (Score:1)
For other means of getting through, you could ask around for a shell account that you can connect to via port 80. (Preferably with SSH.)
Boy, I would sure love to be hired to play Yahoo games and trade MP3s all day. Wait, you mean that's not what you've been hired to do?
Re:Here's a nickel, kid. (Score:1)
Napster (Score:1)
wonder if u could just set that to 80 and have things work... worth a shot
Re:Quicktime can pierce firewalls (Score:1)
Go to the source of the problem (Score:2)
As I see it you have four choices:
Hold on there sparky... (Score:2)
Re:Here's a nickel, kid. (Score:1)
AC posts start at 0
if it were moderated down, it'd be at -1
*smacks you*
Re:Here's a nickel, kid. (Score:1)
Re:HTTP IP Tunnel (Score:1)
Yes. See www.nocrew.org/software/httptunnel.html [nocrew.org].
This appears to be for Linux, btw.