If you are in an environment that disallows the use of SSH and forces the use of an HTTP proxy, it is possible to use that HTTP proxy as a transport for SSH. Vincent Danen explains how to use the ...

SOCKS is built in to OpenSSH, so it's a trivial matter to set up a local SOCKS proxy with the -D flag. For example: $ ssh -D 12345 myuser@remote_ssh_server will open up the port 12345 on your local ...

Once upon a time the thought of a firewalled, cordoned, and censored web was enough to send chills up the spine of any internet user. As the years have passed, however, our sentiment has softened. A ...

"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it is the light of the oncoming train" ~ Robert Lowell. Oh yes, another good quote. This post is on SSH tunneling, or as I like to call it 'Poor Man's VPN'.

Remotely monitor servers with the Nagios check_by_ssh plugin Your email has been sent If you are using Nagios to monitor remote servers, you have more than one method ...

Can a (Cisco, typical?) Layer 7 filter tell the difference between SSL-encrypted HTTP traffic on port 443 and SSL-encrypted SSH on port 443? I know the port doesn't make a difference, just wondering ...

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