Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Proxytunnel through nginx

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

On 22 February 2012 12:07, Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> On 02/19/2012 07:15:46 PM, Mick wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am trying to set up a reverse-proxy at my home to be able to by-
>> pass
>>
>> restrictive firewalls that only allow http/https traffic.
>>
>
> If you only want to get through your firewall by using the open port
> 80, I'd use ssh's port forwarding capablities.
>
> You might have a look at
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/OpenSSH/PortForwarding
>
> You can use 'localhost' as "man in the middle".

Thanks Helmut.

This will only work if I set sshd at my home server to listen for
connections on port 443 or 80 (all other ports are blocked by the
gateway behind which I happen to be) and the gateway does not perform
deep packet inspection.

Hence, tunneling ssh via https is the only sure-fire way of getting
through restrictive firewalls and corporate internet gateways.

-- 
Regards,
Mick