On 22 February 2012 12:07, Helmut Jarausch <jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote: > On 02/19/2012 07:15:46 PM, Mick wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I am trying to set up a reverse-proxy at my home to be able to by- >> pass >> >> restrictive firewalls that only allow http/https traffic. >> > > If you only want to get through your firewall by using the open port > 80, I'd use ssh's port forwarding capablities. > > You might have a look at > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/OpenSSH/PortForwarding > > You can use 'localhost' as "man in the middle".
Thanks Helmut. This will only work if I set sshd at my home server to listen for connections on port 443 or 80 (all other ports are blocked by the gateway behind which I happen to be) and the gateway does not perform deep packet inspection. Hence, tunneling ssh via https is the only sure-fire way of getting through restrictive firewalls and corporate internet gateways. -- Regards, Mick
