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Kronus
Wanderer
Joined: 13 Jan 2002
Posts: 76
Location: USA
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 Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:15 pm
Getting past the firewall...
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Ok, I'm not even going to pretend. I want to be able to connect to my favorite MUSH/MUD from inside the companies firewall here. I know port 80 and 8080 is open, but that's just about it. Is there ANYWAY I can tunnel out and connect to my computer at home, and somehow have that act as a proxy between my computer here at work and the rest of the MUD world?
I hope that makes sense. In summary, I want to be able to by pass the firewall here at work and connect to a MUD. Thanks! :) |
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Zugg
MASTER
Joined: 25 Sep 2000
Posts: 23379
Location: Colorado, USA
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:35 pm
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You cannot play MUDs via a web-only proxy like that. Some firewalls are designed specifically to prevent telnet connections (which is what a MUD connection needs). You'll probably need to contact your network admin to ask how to do a telnet connection at work. Keep in mind that bypassing a firewall at work like that without approval could get you fired.
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Kronus
Wanderer
Joined: 13 Jan 2002
Posts: 76
Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:59 pm
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| Zugg wrote: |
| You cannot play MUDs via a web-only proxy like that. Some firewalls are designed specifically to prevent telnet connections (which is what a MUD connection needs). You'll probably need to contact your network admin to ask how to do a telnet connection at work. Keep in mind that bypassing a firewall at work like that without approval could get you fired. |
I'm tight with the network administrator here. If I can get past it, I'll be sure to let him know I did. Thanks for the reply!  |
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Fang Xianfu
GURU
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5155
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:10 pm
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If you have an SSH account somewhere that allows forwarding, you can use that. Get PuTTY and read up on it. There's a thread round here somewhere on it, too, have a search.
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