On Monday 19 January 2009 14:48:37 Michael Pobega wrote: > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 02:32:35PM -0800, L Glidewell wrote: > > On Monday 19 January 2009 14:08:56 Michael Pobega wrote: > > > I just got into my new dorm room, only to find out that they block all > > > IRC clients. I find this pretty disheartening since I often lurk on > > > #debian and #debian-eeepc > > > > > > Is there any good way to tunnel or encrypt my data, or something > > > similar? I am looking for something feasible, considering I can't > > > afford to run my own tunnel or proxy. > > > > I doubt they block the clients, but rather the ports used by said > > clients. Also, try Mibbit if you haven't yet. > > Well yeah, web-based IRC works but I'd like to avoid it since I monitor > so many channels and have accounts on four IRC networks. I'd be a pain > to spend a whole two minutes logging into everything. > > I've read about ezbounce, but I'd need a computer between my own and > the IRC server to use it, right? Or could I host it locally for the > same effect? My point was just that some irc networks offer non-default ports - partly just for the security of client software, since non-standard ports make some exploits a lot less efficient.
Whether this will apply to your networks, or whether or not doing this will violate the terms of your residency at this dorm, is something only you can find out for certain. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
