You can use ssh but ... On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 12:02:22PM -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > Hi, > > I have a number of debian machines that live behind a firewall. > > Debian Machine A is granted internet access and can browse > the internet. However machines B-D were not granted internet access and live > on the general internal network, > and were originally installed with Debian by utilizing a private network with > machine A > 192.168.4.x, and getting internet access via NAT through A. > > Now machines B-D no longer live on the private network but can ssh into > machine A. > > Now I know how to browse the internet on B-D > by creating a ssh tunnel to A and utilizing the Iceweasel Browser settings > to use a > local Socks proxy.
Yes. > Can I do something similar with apt-get so that I can apt-get update and > apt-get upgrade > over ssh without > physically moving the machines B-D to the private network 192.168.4.x with > machine A? Yes. But doing without ssh may be simpler and saves BW. Run squid on A and let others access it. You need to set http_proxy environment variable or use apt.conf setting for all A,B,C. Then you save bandwidth. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
