[TriLUG] Stump the Chumps! ssh tunneling

[Jon Carnes]

Squid would do this for you, or you could use a simple vpn: ppp-over-ssh
to an external box that you control and then set your routes so that the
addresses you are trying to access flow across the vpn and then back
again.

Good Luck

On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 17:55, Joseph Tate wrote:
> Probably not without using some kind of proxy.  Squid is not that 
> difficult to install for very simple proxying.
> 
> Joseph
> 
> Tarus Balog wrote:
> 
> > Gang:
> >
> > Okay, time for Stump the Chumps.
> >
> > Disclaimer: the following scenario discusses trying to get around a 
> > network access roadblock. This was done on a network I had full 
> > permission to use (I was in a bank right next to the AS/400 with all 
> > the money) so it in no way is requesting help for an illegal activity.
> >
> > I was at a customer site installing Linux on what used to be Novell 
> > server. The network manager was on vacation, so I was pretty much left 
> > with a page of instructions and someone who could point out the 
> > machine in a lineup.
> >
> > I installed the O/S and then went to use apt-for-rpm from 
> > freshrpms.net. Unfortunately, HTTP on port 80 was set up to be 
> > redirected to a Novell Border Manager box, who's client promptly wet 
> > the bed with Mozilla.
> >
> > Now, ftp, ssh and other protocols were open, so I was able to get out 
> > on the internet. For example, if I wanted to see the main CNN page I 
> > could run:
> >
> > ssh -L 80:cnn.com:80 sortova.com
> >
> > and then point the browser to "localhost" and it worked.
> >
> > However, apt for rpm accessed the freshrpms.net site which used a 
> > redirect (not the right term - more like an alias - but you get the 
> > meaning). Since this redirect was seen by the browser as a move from 
> > "localhost" to another site, it would attempt to access port 80 on 
> > that site and promptly be caught by the Border Manager.
> >
> > Quiz time: using the tools at hand, is there a way to tunnel *all* 
> > http traffic through the ssh tunnel?
> >
> > -T
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------
> > Tarus Balog
> > Consultant
> > Sortova Consulting Group, Inc. (www.sortova.com)
> > tarus at sortova.com - 919-696-7625
> >
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