From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/33039 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stainless Steel Rat Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: tunneling nntp connection Date: 31 Oct 2000 08:51:11 -0500 Organization: The Happy Fun Ball Brigade Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035169220 23062 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 03:00:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 03:00:20 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from spinoza.math.uh.edu (spinoza.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.18]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43A9BD049A for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 08:51:47 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by spinoza.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id HAB15576; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 07:51:36 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Tue, 31 Oct 2000 07:51:00 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from mailhost.sclp.com (postfix@66-209.196.61.interliant.com [209.196.61.66] (may be forged)) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA17454 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 07:50:50 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from peorth.gweep.net (h0060978d8c91.ne.mediaone.net [24.147.75.115]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0C50D049A for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 08:51:16 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: (from ratinox@localhost) by peorth.gweep.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA01427; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 08:51:11 -0500 Original-To: "(ding)" X-Attribution: Rat In-Reply-To: Paul Stevenson's message of "31 Oct 2000 13:28:15 +0000" Original-Lines: 21 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) XEmacs/21.1 (Channel Islands) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:33039 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:33039 Step one: use SSH. You don't want passwords bouncing around in the clear. Step twp: use Netcat (nc). It works like telnet except that it is totally clean and transparent. Step three: (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.gweep.net" (nntp-address "sidehack.gweep.net") (nntp-open-connection-function nntp-open-rlogin) (nntp-end-of-line "\n") (nntp-rlogin-program "ssh") (nntp-rlogin-parameters ("bin/nc" "news.gweep.net" "nntp")))) (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods nil) Where "bin/nc" is the path to the netcat executable on the news server. -- Rat \ Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ PGP Key: at a key server near you! \