Some places have freakingly paranoid networks ... I know I am inside one - with 2MB download size limit - with port 80post/get 443tcpconnect only outbound access - theres nothing much can be done ... although I myself know how to get through , but my friends arent able to .. I have a local mirror for them to use, even so, our LAN is separated into 6 segments and each segments couldnt connect directly to each other besides through a proxy that only allows port 80 post/get (with the 2MB download/upload size limit) and port 443 tcpconnect ... so, those who are staying in a different segment than me couldnt easily access my LAN repositories .. currently i'm using an ugly workaround by running apache without SSL on port 443 and installed prtunnel in those who want to use my repo. Prtunnel create a TCP forwarding a local port through the proxy and to my apache on port 443 (similar to SSH local forward) - faking a SSL connection .. it works .. however .. trying to get newbies to install prtunnel, explaining tunneling to them, and make them use it to get to my repo is a hell .. surely hope yum have https support so that I can just create one rpm for the yum config and ask them to export https_proxy rather than all the work to get prtunnel running on their pc .. this idea I also think it'll be beneficial for those in certain places that also have a paranoid network .. or perhaps .. any idea for a better workaround rather than prtunnel?? -- ----------------------------------------------- regards Hikaru ----------------------------------------------- Mohd Izhar Firdaus Bin Ismail Amano Hikaru 天野晃 「あまの ひかる」 Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS ICT 2nd Year 1st Semester mohd.izhar.firdaus@xxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------- kagesenshi.87@xxxxxxxxx Blog: http://kagesenshi.blogspot.com -----------------------------------------------
