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sickmusic
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 Posted: Dec 29, 2003 7:59am Post subject: http tunnelling |
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hi all its me again.
okay, i just cudnt resist, i had to post this.. kind of a follow on from http://searchirc.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=583
why dont all irc servers allow http tunnelling?
although i dont know much about the mechanics of it, i think it shud be standard.
think of all those extra users that will be able to access the chatroom. all the people that have restricted access to the net behind corporal firewalls..
ive been googling around for info on it but all i can find is out dated jibberish.
has anybody had experiences of this??
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Mr_Binko
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| Posted: Dec 29, 2003 9:07am Post subject: |
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proxy that support tunneling is called HTTPS proxy.
most of this proxies work on port 80, so it can be accessed even if you have a firewall.
i.e you connect to the proxy on port 80, then ask the proxy to connect you to port 6667 ..etc
this is what is called http tunnelling.
there are many applications on the net that provide you with proxy scanner, analyzer ..etc
a very good program ( i tried ) that automate the process for you is SurfAnonymos. http://www.sa6ry.com/surfanonymous/
another adv. of using proxies in general is hiding your ip address from /whois in irc. |
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U
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| Posted: Dec 29, 2003 10:16am Post subject: |
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Most good networks have some kind of hiding already by default, usually set by mode +x  |
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sickmusic
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| Posted: Dec 29, 2003 11:02am Post subject: |
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i get what ur saying..
but i think uve misunderstood what im saying..
what im trying to say is that can it not be set up on the server side..
it will be a bit of a pain if all users had to download port scanning software just to use a chatroom.
the other thread mentions freeserve chat, that uses wanadoos network.
the have a set up that is configured to handle irc through http.. |
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sickmusic
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| Posted: Dec 29, 2003 11:10am Post subject: |
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OK, im quoting mregit from anoher post.
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Forgot to say. Many, if not most, IRC networks have port 7000 open. 7000 used to be the ONLY port that AOL customers could use to access IRC, and on some networks it was default, like 6667 is today, so no matter where you came from you could connect. Using 7000 to look for an http: port is *not* usual. Someone told me that MSN users like 'webchats' so I imagine Wanadoo is setting themselves up to capture the MSN refugees.
Might be a good idea for other IRC networks to do the same. Hint hint hint... |
I may not have explained myself properly earlier.. but the above is essentially what im trying to say.
wudnt it be a great idea to use port 7000 to look for an http port?
how difficult wud it be to implement?
wud there be any security issues? |
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