On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 10:57:10AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > On Jul 18, 2007, at 10:15 AM, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > >> Folk, >> >> I've installed openvpn on two systems and tried some >> configurations including Example 2 from the man page. >> Seems that firewalls block successfully (sarcasm). >> Nevertheless, http, ssh, ftp and a few other protocols >> work. > > If you control the firewalls, the obvious answer would be to open the port > that OpenVPN is using. But I assume you'd have done that already if that > was the case. > > Ideally, you could find a port the firewall doesn't block that you're not > using for other purposes. For example, many firewalls allow HTTPS on TCP > port 443, so you could try that one. UDP port 53 is another possibility; > it's usually left open for DNS purposes.
The rfc that details proxy's (if you trying to get through a corporate firewall and they have a proxy), is to allow port 563 through as well as 443 (https). 563 is nntps - strangely a lot of proxies are by default configured to let this through. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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