As suggested in the past I am trying to ssh to www.linux.org.il in order to be able to help with its content. Since I am behind a firewall+proxy server I have to use a socks server. [09:29:03 /tmp]$ socksify ssh -v www.linux.org.il SSH Version OpenSSH-1.2.2, protocol version 1.5. Compiled with SSL. debug: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug: Applying options for * debug: ssh_connect: getuid 1000 geteuid 0 anon 0 debug: Connecting to www.linux.org.il [192.116.202.69] port 22. debug: Allocated local port 643. And nothing more. I have to ^C it. Ira claims that "now I see attempts from 172.17.120.5 which is ofcourse NOT a legal address. something is wrong with your firewall config, I'm afraid." 172.17.120.5 is indeed my IP. Before trying to talk with the sys admin I would like other members of the list to review it. Isn't a private class B IP might be expected from a machine behind a firewall+proxy server on a private network? What can I ask from the net admin beside a non private IP? I believe that it is worth mentioning that I can socksify telnet and socksify passive ftp to www.linux.org.il. [21:47:54 /tmp]$ socksify telnet www.linux.org.il 22 Trying 192.116.202.69... Connected to www.linux.org.il. Escape character is '^]'. SSH-1.5-1.2.27 ^] telnet> quit Connection closed. [22:14:49 /tmp]$ socksify pftp ftp.linux.org.il Connected to linux.org.il. 220 ProFTPD 1.2.0pre10 Server (IGLU's FTP server) [iglu.inter.net.il] Name (ftp.linux.org.il:shaul): anonymous 331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: 230-Welcome to IGLU's FTP site! Since we can't decide about the "right" order to put things in the tree, things may move around in the near future, and we'll put a propper tree here. 230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> ls 227 Entering Passive Mode (192,116,202,69,7,74). 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list drwxr-xr-x 24 mirror website 4096 Mar 6 21:00 mirrors drwxrwxr-x 9 mirror website 4096 Feb 16 11:21 packages drwxrwxr-x 10 mirror website 4096 Mar 1 01:14 pub -rw-r--r-- 1 mirror website 180 Feb 16 11:45 welcome.msg 226 Transfer complete. ftp> bye 221 Goodbye. [22:16:20 /tmp]$ -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]