Thanks Steve, I will try creating a reg file to do this for my Dad, but it doesn't really help with trying to access unix based mol biol databases where I have no control over the port the server is listening on.
So I still need to try and get the proxy client working. Any clues? Mark >===== Original Message From "Steve Palocz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >Hey Mark. > >I hear what you are saying. most scanning software won't scan if it can't >get an icmp response. So you may have port 80 open. I suggest using the >native att vnc server and set it to port 80. Do this in the registry after >turning off auto port. Use the native viewer, once you get this working then >work on the more difficult. > >Hope this helps. >If you need more, don't hesitate. > >Steve > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Peterson >Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 11:44 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: VNC through evil nasty firewall > > >I am behind a country wide firewall. No ICMP packets can get through and >even >port 119 is blocked. Ports 20 ,21, 23, 25, 80 and 110 are open, but I'm not >sure about any others as any port scanner tells me all ports (even 80, 20 >and >21) are blocked, which is clearly not the case, so I guess they are all ICMP >dependent. Proxy software being run on the firewall machines can vary - >mainly mozilla, squid or apache according to VisualRoute reports (of the >machine that's blocking the ICMP packets). Can't use UDP (no VOIP or >streaming real content (except by HTTP)). Can use HTTPort to get news and >IM >- though they've just opened to messaging. I'm very keen to use VNC for >everything from helping my aging technophobic father out with his computer >to >accessing unix based molecular biology databases. I've tried using HTTPort >to >tunnel, and have also tried using Harmen van der Wal's VNC client (although >even this required learning more about Java than I knew before - now FA >rather >than its square root) - I get as far as the password screen and then get the >following error (I give command line syntax with proxies first): > >C:\>java -cp >c:\winnt\java\classes\classes.zip;c:\progra~1\opera\javaruntime1.3. >1\lib\vncviewer.jar vncviewer HOST 62.136.145.253 PORT 5900 PROXYHOST1 >195.124.3 >2.99 PROXYPORT1 80 >//hw// Using one proxy >//hw// Connect: 62.136.145.253 >//hw// Proxyhost: HTTP/1.0 502 Proxy Error ( Der Zugriffs-Code ist >unzuldss >ig. ) >java.io.EOFException > at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source) > at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source) > at rfbProto.readVersionMsg(rfbProto.java) > at vncviewer.connectAndAuthenticate(vncviewer.java) > at vncviewer.run(vncviewer.java) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) >java.io.EOFException > >So my ignorant questions are: > >1) Is it going to be possible to use VNC or should I just give up now? > >2) If it is, should Harmen's patched VNC viewer work, and can anyone explain >the above error message? > >3) (off topic - so don't expect any reply to this question really) any >suggestions as to how I can find out which ports are open so that I can try >and direct VNC traffic through these? > >Thanks a lot for any suggestions you may have. >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: >'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY >See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html >--------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE web-based e-mail and newsgroup access at: http://MailAndNews.com Create a new mailbox, or access your existing IMAP4 or POP3 mailbox from anywhere with just a web browser. ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
