RE: New Package Proposal

["DePriest, Jason R." <jrdepriest at firsthorizon dot com>]

On Thursday, December 30, 2004 7:40 PM, Gerrit P. Haase wrote

> DePriest, Jason R. wrote:
> 
>> I have a need to use SSH through a proxy server on occasion.
>> 
>> I used to use a small widget program called 'connect.exe'.  That
>> program isn't being actively maintained as near as I can tell.
>> 
>> I also use Debian Linux on another system and it has a program called
>> Corkscrew that does the same thing.  Mainly, it allows me to tunnel
>> my SSH connection through our HTTP proxy server that requires
>> authentication.
> 
> Isn't this the same thing that stunnel is doing?
> 
>> I downloaded the source for Corkscrew and it compiled OOTB on Cygwin.
>> 
>> I'd like to see it available as an official package and, since it
>> just works, I guess I am also volunteering to maintain it.
> 
> Anyway, if it is part of Debian it just needs to be reviewed.  Please
> post download links.
> 
> 
> Gerrit

RE: stunnel
I thought stunnel was for encrypting traffic that wasn't encrypted.  I
am using corkscrew to take an already encrypted SSH connection and
tunnel it through an HTTP proxy server.  I enable it by using the
ProxyCommand option in my ~/.ssh/config file.

RE: Debian links
Package: corkscrew (2.0-1)
http://packages.debian.org/stable/net/corkscrew
Developer info http://packages.qa.debian.org/c/corkscrew.html
corkskrew home page http://www.agroman.net/corkscrew/

-Jason

PS - I apologize in advance for the legal disclaimer at the bottom of my
email message.  This is tacked on by our SMTP gateway and I have no
control over it.
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