Anyone know how to get around blocked ports?

[Fnord]

I'm having a hard time mudding from work because they block our outgoing ports. Any way around this without getting fired for hacking?

[PerpetualPatriot]

You know, you're being paid to actually.. you know.. WORK! Get to it.


[Added] Some people wonder why unemployment is so high... some pricks just deserve it.

[musashi]

... sex up your boss?

[mansa]

does the java client work?

Can you ssh out anywhere?

[mansa]

do you have a blackberry / iphone ?

[mansa]

Or an HTC running windows mobile 6.0 or android?

[Halcyon]

A large problem is that anything they dont have locked down on the network is probably monitored and logged if they've taken the time to do the work. 

[staggerlee]

Talk to your systems admin and explain to him what you're trying to do, see if he can add an exception for you.

[Bogre]

Anyone got a link to the mosha.net router thing?

That might work for you.

[brytta.leofa]

Try using GoToMyPC.com (it does cost; I think you get a month trial) to connect to your home machine.

If there's an issue with your LAN admin, you tell him truthfully that you were connecting to your home PC, but not necessarily that you were MUDding from work.

Obviously, you shouldn't do this if it hurts your work.

[brytta.leofa]

Gim, that's somethin' you might try, too.

[mansa]

tether your pc to your mobile phone and use your mobile phone to connect to the internet.

[Fnord]

You know, you're being paid to actually.. you know.. WORK! Get to it.

If I'd needed shit from you, I'd have squeezed your head.

does the java client work?

Can you ssh out anywhere?

Going to try both tomorrow, but my mobile isn't an option... yet.

Talk to your systems admin and explain to him what you're trying to do, see if he can add an exception for you.

Not an option.

[Shalooonsh]

http://www.hidemyass.com/

No joke.

[Lizzie]

hidemyass is a web proxy. Works great if you don't mind pop-up ads, or you can pay for it and get rid of the pop-up ads. Unfortunately as far as I can tell, you can't mud with it.

[brytta.leofa]

The Java client almost certainly won't work, if the actual port is blocked.

[Mills]

Check out: http://www.http-tunnel.com

[Twilight]

If port 23 is open...

Get a shell account.

Download Putty.

SSH to your shell with a tunnel to Armageddon.

Change your connection settings in your MUD client to your own computer (127.0.0.1? or something) and the port in your tunnel.

Connect to Arm.

[Oleupata]

http://tools.rosinstrument.com/proxy/

Though if your workplace is savvy enough to monitor traffic, you could send up red flags.

[Lizzie]

That website has a virus on it.

Edited to specify: it's an activeX exploit.

[Fnord]

If port 23 is open...

Get a shell account.

Download Putty.

SSH to your shell with a tunnel to Armageddon.

Change your connection settings in your MUD client to your own computer (127.0.0.1? or something) and the port in your tunnel.

Connect to Arm.

This is an interesting idea. I'm on OS X, so putty = terminal, but it could work.

[Jestor]

I verified this solution does work.  Note that SSH is port 22 (UDP & TCP).

As long as you can SSH to a shell host and that host can connect to 'ginka.armageddon.org 4050',  it can be made to work.  
From a monitoring stand point, the only thing that will be seen is SSH encrypted traffic between your workstation and the host you are SSHed into.

The terminal/PUTTY tunnel settings just need to be set up similar to below:
Source port (local): 9999
Destination (remote): ginka.armageddon.org:4050

After SSHing into the shell account you should be able to point your mud client to localhost(127.0.0.1) port 9999 and get the mantis head.

I logged into the mud twice to verify it was seeing my connection from the address of the shell bastion.  It worked perfectly.  Great solution Twilight!

[Halcyon]

I'd like to point out that ssh traffic should be logged by a competent firewall admin, who has locked down his organization.  Have a reasonable explanation ready.

[RogueGunslinger]

You know, you're being paid to actually.. you know.. WORK! Get to it.


[Added] Some people wonder why unemployment is so high... some pricks just deserve it.

God you're a douche-bag. I hope that sort of attitude really sends you soaring through the workplace ranks, man, it's obvious you deserve it. Reminds me of Cerelum.

[Zoltan]

You know, you're being paid to actually.. you know.. WORK! Get to it.


[Added] Some people wonder why unemployment is so high... some pricks just deserve it.

God you're a douche-bag. I hope that sort of attitude really sends you soaring through the workplace ranks, man, it's obvious you deserve it. Reminds me of Cerelum.

Actually, that attitude probably -will- help him, in some career paths. The only thing I have to add is that the unemployment rate isn't high because guys are getting fired for dipshittery. People are being laid off because some places just can't afford the labor. I, for one, wasn't laid off for doing a bad job; there just wasn't any work left for me in my struggling company!

[staggerlee]

You know, you're being paid to actually.. you know.. WORK! Get to it.


[Added] Some people wonder why unemployment is so high... some pricks just deserve it.

God you're a douche-bag. I hope that sort of attitude really sends you soaring through the workplace ranks, man, it's obvious you deserve it. Reminds me of Cerelum.

Actually, that attitude probably -will- help him, in some career paths. The only thing I have to add is that the unemployment rate isn't high because guys are getting fired for dipshittery. People are being laid off because some places just can't afford the labor. I, for one, wasn't laid off for doing a bad job; there just wasn't any work left for me in my struggling company!

I wouldn't waste too much time analyzing that kind of verbal diarrhea.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm eating breakfast and sipping espresso over a good book, on company time. Stop distracting me.  

[ibusoe]

You know, you're being paid to actually.. you know.. WORK! Get to it.


[Added] Some people wonder why unemployment is so high... some pricks just deserve it.

Keep your preaching to yourself, Puritan. None of us want to hear it.  Goofing off at work is a time-honor pastime.

I verified this solution does work.  Note that SSH is port 22 (UDP & TCP).

As long as you can SSH to a shell host and that host can connect to 'ginka.armageddon.org 4050',  it can be made to work.  
From a monitoring stand point, the only thing that will be seen is SSH encrypted traffic between your workstation and the host you are SSHed into.

The terminal/PUTTY tunnel settings just need to be set up similar to below:
Source port (local): 9999
Destination (remote): ginka.armageddon.org:4050

After SSHing into the shell account you should be able to point your mud client to localhost(127.0.0.1) port 9999 and get the mantis head.

I logged into the mud twice to verify it was seeing my connection from the address of the shell bastion.  It worked perfectly.  Great solution Twilight!

Yeah, Jester's solution works.  Also it's very difficult to monitor so it's unlikely you would get in trouble.  You can set up a professional proxy server for something like $40 a month if you don't know how to build one at home.  PM me if you need help doing this.

[Myhrrn]

cast 'mon un nilaz revive topic' thread

Having figured this out for myself because hospital wifi is incredibly locked down, I'm posting it here for others:

First: Sign up for tunnelr, go to http://www.tunnelr.com You get a 48 hours (or 25mb) free trial. After that it's $5 a month if you want to continue using it.

If you are a mac user, open up terminal and input this command:

ssh -p 80 yourusername@dallas.tunnelr.com -L4051:ginka.armageddon.org:4050 -N

Then point your MUD client to localhost (127.0.0.1) port 4051, and...

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I'm sure you can do this same thing on windows with PuTTy but I'm not sure how, having not done it.