[lac-streams] can I use this list to ask questions?

[Jörn Nettingsmeier]

Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 01:58:49PM +0000, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Can I use this list to ask questions? IRC is not working here
>> where I am behind a firewall.

some admins block 6667ff because it's a botnet backchannel for win
boxes. many irc services, freenode among them, accept connections on
8000/tcp as well.

if this doesn't work either, ssh tunneling is your friend.


ssh -L 6669:irc.freenode.net.6669
victor at some.sane.box.without.a.paranoid.firewall.org

then point your client at localhost:6669.

it might take a while because your ident reply will not happen, but
after a timeout you should be in...


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