Re: JAVA applet to run mutt via http

2002-04-30 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin mikea quotation: > > Something to keep firmly in mind when talking about this, and > even _MORE_ firmly in mind if one is thinking about doing it at > work, is that lots of places view circumventing the firewall as > an indication that you need to work somewhere else. In fact, since Perl

Re: JAVA applet to run mutt via http

2002-04-30 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin David T-G quotation: > > % yeah, but that's what he asked for. ;) > > It is? He specifically said that he is limited to a web browser to get > through the firewall. Not his first question, his second. I was replying to it; in fact, I was replying to somebody's reply to that question, i

RE: JAVA applet to run mutt via http

2002-04-29 Thread Marco Fioretti
Hello, all thanks for all the feedback. I'm glad to have raised so much interest. I also realize that I was a bit confusing in my original request: let me rephrase it taking your replies into account Computer (A) is my (yet to be found) web host. It will run one of linux/*bsd/solaris. I will hav

Re: JAVA applet to run mutt via http

2002-04-29 Thread mikea
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 03:33:49PM -0500, David T-G wrote: > % > % > Sounds like he needs some kind of http-based proxy, unless the firewall > % > is dumb enough to let non-http things through port 80, in which case I'd > % > recommend ssh. > % > % If the company lets through port 80, they prob

Re: JAVA applet to run mutt via http

2002-04-29 Thread David T-G
Darren, et al -- ...and then darren chamberlain said... % % * David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-04-29 16:11]: % > > Sounds like he needs some kind of http-based proxy, unless the % > > firewall is dumb enough to let non-http things through port 80, in % > > which case I'd recommend ssh. % > %

Re: JAVA applet to run mutt via http

2002-04-29 Thread David T-G
Darren, et al -- ...and then darren chamberlain said... % % * Shawn McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-04-29 15:43]: % > begin darren chamberlain quotation: % > > * Marco Fioretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-04-29 13:52]: % > > > Last but not least: what was that JAVA applet called anyway? % > >

Re: JAVA applet to run mutt via http

2002-04-29 Thread darren chamberlain
* David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-04-29 16:11]: > > Sounds like he needs some kind of http-based proxy, unless the > > firewall is dumb enough to let non-http things through port 80, in > > which case I'd recommend ssh. > > Quick -- someone write a perl script that will interface between a >

Re: JAVA applet to run mutt via http

2002-04-29 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin darren chamberlain quotation: > > This is one of the principle reasons why firewalls are ineffective, BTW. No, it's one of the principle reasons why people who don't understand what firewalls are good for fail to use them effectively. Firewalls are not a panacea, but they are useful tool

Re: JAVA applet to run mutt via http

2002-04-29 Thread David T-G
Shawn -- ...and then Shawn McMahon said... % % begin David T-G quotation: % > % > Quick -- someone write a perl script that will interface between a local % > ssh session's filehandles and an incoming ssh stream! % % I just figured run an ssh daemon on port 80 on his home box, since he Yeah,

Re: JAVA applet to run mutt via http

2002-04-29 Thread darren chamberlain
* Shawn McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-04-29 15:43]: > begin darren chamberlain quotation: > > * Marco Fioretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-04-29 13:52]: > > > Last but not least: what was that JAVA applet called anyway? > > > > I think you're looking for MindTerm, which google tells me is at >

Re: JAVA applet to run mutt via http

2002-04-29 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin David T-G quotation: > > Quick -- someone write a perl script that will interface between a local > ssh session's filehandles and an incoming ssh stream! I just figured run an ssh daemon on port 80 on his home box, since he probably doesn't need a web server on it. But if you wanna write

Re: JAVA applet to run mutt via http

2002-04-29 Thread David T-G
Shawn, et al -- ...and then Shawn McMahon said... % ... % Sounds like he needs some kind of http-based proxy, unless the firewall % is dumb enough to let non-http things through port 80, in which case I'd % recommend ssh. Quick -- someone write a perl script that will interface between a local

Re: JAVA applet to run mutt via http

2002-04-29 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin darren chamberlain quotation: > * Marco Fioretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-04-29 13:52]: > > Last but not least: what was that JAVA applet called anyway? > > I think you're looking for MindTerm, which google tells me is at >

Re: JAVA applet to run mutt via http

2002-04-29 Thread Will Yardley
Marco Fioretti wrote: > Last but not least: what was that JAVA applet called anyway? mindterm is the main one i've heard of. http://www.appgate.com/ag.asp?template=products&level1=product_mindterm -- Will Yardley input: william < @ hq . newdream . net . >

Re: JAVA applet to run mutt via http

2002-04-29 Thread darren chamberlain
* Marco Fioretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-04-29 13:52]: > Last but not least: what was that JAVA applet called anyway? I think you're looking for MindTerm, which google tells me is at . (darren) -- Words are also deeds.