michaelx Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 ...Hello,friends...At the office,unfortunatelly,due some firewalls,I cannot connect to BBO;I was told there is a way to do it using SOCKS...does someone knows how to configure this tool?..or others...manny thanks in advance...alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerardo Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Problem with this approach is, you need a SOCKS server IN YOUR OFFICE, which effectively punches the firewall. So you need help from the network admins to set up this (I guess it is improbable to get) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTodd13 Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 If your company is anything like mine, they restrict their SOCKS connections to ssh ports because otherwise having a wide-open SOCKS server sorta defeats the purpose of having a firewall to start with. Having said that, I am currently at work, behind a firewall and I have a ssh tunnel via SOCKS to a machine at my home where I establish a connection to BBO. There are actually two ways I can establish a tunnel. One is via SOCKS and if you don't have a SOCKS server then you're out of luck. The other way does not require a socks server but instead uses something that I guarantee you that you have access to. In either case, you'll need administrative access to a machine outside the firewall to relay your packets through. If you don't have access to such a machine, I can set you up an account on my machine but bandwidth doesn't come for free so I'd have to charge a small monthly fee. You are the 4th or 5th person who has expressed interest in learning how to do this. All the others have given up when they've learned how complicated it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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