Re: [Pan-users] complex question less to do with pan, more to do with internet

[Wolf J. Flywheel]

On Thursday 24 April 2003 03:05, Duncan wrote:

> I don't know how secure LeafNode access can be made, but I know it can
> be set up on arbitrary ports, as I had access to it thru port 8888 I
> think it was, rather than the standard NNTP 119, to access it thru
> firewalls.  Whether it does securely authenticated access I don't know
> (does PAN?? never had to check)..

        You could use (Open)SSH to forward that port from your work account to 
your home box; Pan would think it's connecting to a local news server, 
but the connection would go from your box, through the firewall, and on 
to the LeafNode pretty much transparently.  Besides that, it's more 
secure and you wouldn't have to worry about changing its setup or that of 
the firewall.

        Come to think of it, with SSH you could probably bypass LeafNode, and 
use 
SSH to get to Giganews.  However, that would mean using some second 
program to forward from work to Giganews, and I don't know what that 
would be.  (I'm sure such things exist, but I have no clue what you'd 
use.  Netcat?)

Good luck,

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