[TriLUG] using sshd tunnelling for dns request

Kristopher Kane kristopher.kane at gmail.com
Wed Jan 27 20:10:03 EST 2010


If DNS is blocked at the firewall, then somebody thought there was a valid
> reason to control and/or monitor DNS usage. This does not necessarily mean
> that it *was* a valid reason, but somebody probably thought it was valid.
> The potential valid reasons may include the safety of our armed forces, so I
> recommend that your son investigate it.
>
>
Wifi suggests this is not a military network, but rather a camp wide network
put on by an AAFES sub-contractor.  Chip, if it is local-national run, it
would be best if you sent him a live linux CD instead of XP.  Just my
opinion.

Oh, and never pay in advance.  :-)

-Kane



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