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List:       httptunnel
Subject:    Re: httptunnel through netscape proxy 3.x (yes, it works)
From:       Bill Kenworthy <billk () iinet ! net ! au>
Date:       2001-03-15 23:10:09
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zebedee is another solution for multiplexing (including ftp), encryption
and compression for what goes through the tunnel.  Also, the latest 3.3
linux version of httptunnel works through my ISP for the first time (no
extra arguments required either!) - original symptom for 3.2 was the
initial post never made it through the proxy, but the get did!  It is
(as far as I could tell) a netscape proxy.

BillK

Dimitri Ars wrote:
> 
> >
> > > Besides that is it possible to use ftp through httptunnel?
> >
> > Not directly, no.
> 
> Try using sftp instead, openssh 2.5.1p2 supports it, and if your're on a
> windows client, use putty's sftp, it works great !!!
> 
> For the question in another mail:
> 
> >But is the "as secure" as an ordinary secure connection because it
> >"travels"through a proxy.
> 
> Yes, it's just as secure...the endpoint of the tunnel is visible ofcourse,
> and the packet in it, but there's the ssh encryption inside...
> 
> l8r
> 
> Dimitri

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