Re: Reading Ding in Gnus

[dsg@mitre.org (David S. Goldberg)]

> If you can convince your sysadmin to open outbound ssh (which is
> about as far from a security risk as can be), you can either
> redirect ports, or set up a PPP tunnel.

Was there a smiley missing?  That PPP tunnel is a complete subversion
of the firewall.  I suspect the original correspondent's firewall
administrator would take a dim view of such use.  Port forwards from
inside -> out are less risky to corporate security but if one is going
to use them, I'd suggest one make sure that such use doesn't violate
explicit corporate policy, which in most companies, is not the same as
the firewall configuration rules.  Unless one doesn't give a damn
about one's employer's fortunes (and one's employment).
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