Re: ssh tunneling to bypass web proxy rules

[Barrie Dempster <barrie () reboot-robot net>]

On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 06:03 -0700, Juan B wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Someone told me one can pass web proxy restrictions by
> tunnling throw ssh to restricted web sites like web
> mail sites in our corporate network.I really whant to
> know how he is doing that but I dont know where and
> how to test it, and he of course doesnt tell.

http://www.bsrf.org.uk/article.php?story=20050531134717941

This link describes how ssh can be used to bypass firewall restrictions,
the same technique can be used if you configure the ssh client to go
through the proxy. It also explains how the traffic can be recognised.

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