On Tuesday, November 6, 2001, at 06:23 AM, Bryan Andersen wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Hallo there, >> >> I really don't know if it should be asked there or somewhere >> else, >> but my problem is followin.... I live in untrusted enviroment which is >> running 50 computers (it is school and packets are running up and down >> everywhere). I need to use outside HTML sites and POP >> accounts, but they, as many providers in Czech, don't support SSL or >> anything else than just clear autentification. So is there a software >> which connets onto server (for example proxy) through SSL and then >> redirect data channels onto right ports as an clear connection >> outside (I >> cannot solve the situation on provider routers of course, but it has >> happen few times that students stole their passwords and so on and >> mainly >> they could steal even teacher's these days.) > > Can you get a shell account on the outside of your local network? > If so SSH over to it, then access the pop mail server. Without > having a machine to serve as the endpoint for an excrypted pipe on > the outside of your network I don't see a way to secure the > communications. what about using fetchmail over ssh? i thought i heard of someone doing that before... or just use plain ssh? Putty, http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/, is an excellent ssh client for windows, and best of all, it's free. ========================================================================== ====== "Twice blessed is help unlooked for." --Tolkien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
