[AuckLUG] Funky ways of getting where you want with SSH

[Chilling_Silence]

Peter Harrison wrote:

> Liz Quilty wrote:
>
>> Surely if work has blocked it then you shouldnt be using it.
>
>
> In an ideal world companies would have efficient firewall processes 
> which would quickly evaluate a request to modify a firewall rule, and 
> to quickly implement a change.
>
> Most companies however either have nobody responsible for the firewall 
> - it is simply an appliance, often one that is in the ADSL router 
> itself, or in larger organisations it is controlled by a administrator 
> whose sole purpose in life is "ensuring security"; thus any change to 
> the most limited configuration is a security threat.
>   

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> Hard places and rocks come to mind....
>
Too right...

Yeah I understand, thought that all through. Not that I actually have 
much use for it, its more just a curiousity thing... ya known, *can* it 
be done.

Problem is, its an XP box. Im thinking perhaps Cygwin?

Many thanks


Chill.