On Sat, 23 May 2015 13:47:59 -0700, walt wrote: > On 05/21/2015 05:51 AM, Maurice wrote: >> Last week I was in a French (Aix-en-Provence) hotel whose WiFi access >> was blocking Port 119, so could not use Pan to access newsgroups. >> >> Is there an alternative port I could have used, or any other >> workaround? > > I've never actually tried this method, (never needed to) but I think you > could use a tool like ssh in "port forwarding" mode, depending on the > news server, maybe. > > http://www.openssh.com/faq.html#2.11 > > > Anyone else know for sure if this would work for news?
That's one way of doing firewall piercing, yes - you need a system on the outside of the protected network to do it. BTW, if SSL/TLS support is not compiled in, stunnel is an option to get SSL/TLS support without rebuilding from scratch. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
