[H-GEN] iptables autoblocking

[David O'Brien]

On Saturday 23 July 2005 16:57, Sandra Mansell wrote:
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> David O'Brien wrote:
> >I actually got the command string from someone else. What I do is run
> > xchat on my box in the office, but when I try to connect to the IRC
> > server, the request is sent through ssh to my home box, which can use
> > 6667 (office blocks them). I'm not 100% familiar with *all* the
> > redirects, etc., that occur, but I was under the impression that I needed
> > a root connection to do it.  If I can do it as a normal user, great. 
> > I'll be back in the office next week so I'll try it.
>
> Did you know that xchat can use a http proxy? We used to set it up to do
> that at TAFE because they were blocking the irc ports.
>
> Sandra.

yes, but I don't think it worked. Not sure of the details. It's been a while 
since I tried anything except ssh via home.

David

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