[TriLUG] Setting up a web proxy for gaim?

[B. Evans]

If you have a linux box on the outside you tunnel the gAIM connection 
through SSH to the outside machine. (aka local port forwarding)

If you proxy, Your proxy target should be toc.oscar.aol.com and I 
believe it uses the same port as the native AIM client, 5190.  (I think)

http://toc.oscar.aol.com has a cool java client otherwise.

http://www.aol.com/aim has a more advanced "quick buddy" java applet but 
I've found the one above friendlier on non-wintel platforms.

-bp
"if the sysadmins are really as smart as they think they are they'll 
shut down this accesses too..."
Tom Bryan wrote:

>While I'm travelling, I'd like to use AOL Instant Messenger to keep in touch 
>with my co-workers back at the office.  I told them that I'd be on AIM when I 
>was working.  Now, I get into the remote office, and I find that I can't sign 
>on to AIM.  I suspect that the firewall is blocking whatever port AIM uses.  
>I noticed that AIM can use an HTTP proxy.  Would it be sane to set up an HTTP 
>proxy on my laptop and point AIM to that?  What proxy do you recommend?  Note 
>that recommending a proxy doesn't necessarily require that you answer 
>questions on how to configure it.  ;-)
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>---Tom
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