Anno domini 2020 Wed, 7 Oct 23:34:34 -0700 William Morder via tde-users scripsit: > > On Wednesday 07 October 2020 23:07:55 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > Anno domini 2020 Wed, 7 Oct 16:32:12 -0700 > > > > William Morder via tde-users scripsit: > > > Since we are going off-topic all over the place, I will try to be the > > > pillar of stability here. (I know, I know, but nobody else will do it.) I > > > am starting a new thread, because this goes off-topic in a good way. > > > > You earned yourself a cookie :) > > Yet no ice cream or milk to go with it. Also, I believe there was some mention > of apfelstrudel,* but my plate is still empty. > > * apologies for missing umlaut > P.S. We call it apple strudel in these here parts. sweet tooth :) Sorry, but I just ate the last chinnmon rolls ... > > > > > > I believe it was Michael who wrote this memorable line, which immediately > > > got > > > > > > my attention: > > > > POP through an always present SSH tunnel. > > > > > > Now, I have used ssh tunnels for lots of programs that are more (what's > > > the word?) "passive"; that is, listening to online radio, xmpp clients, > > > wget, youtube-dl and apt-get and other things like that, where I am > > > mostly downloading data. But when I tried to run Kmail over any proxy > > > connections, it would crash. It seemed to me that an ssh tunnel would be > > > the way, but how to do it? > > > > POP is running on somewhereelse. You connet to somewhereelse through ssh: > > ssh you@somewhereelse -L8110:localhost:110 > > Now somwherelse:110 (aka POP) is on your localhost:110 - ready for kmail to > > connext. Please note, that the "localhost" is leative to somewhereelse, not > > your local computer. > > > > POP is running on a thepopserver, reachable from somewhereelse. You connet > > to sumewhereelse through ssh and build a tunel that ends on thepopserver. > > note, thepopserver only needs to be reachable from somewhereelse, not your > > local site: ssh you@somewhereelse -L8110:thepopserver:110 > > Now thepopserver:110 (aka POP) is on your localhost:110 - ready for kmail > > to connext. > > > Just guessing, but I assume that the port number can be changed to, say, > 995 -- right? Yes, sure. And you can change the local portnumber from 8110 to anything else - it just has to be > 1024 if you are not root. On a note: it's not advised to tunnel an encrypted protocol through an encrypted tunnel, 'cause it might reduce security - but that will most likely not impact this usecase. Nik > > Also, does it work about the same with smtp? Sure :) ssh you@somewhereelse -L2525:somewherelse:25 > > > Or use sshuttle to tunnel all your traffic through somewhereelse. > > > > Note: the local end (on your local computer) of the tunnel is established > > immediately, the remote part (somewherelse) is established when something > > connects to the local end. > > > > Nik > > > Thanks, Nik! > > This is why I like the TDE mailing list. Somebody else has probably already > tried out whatever I am just now imagining. > > Bill > ____________________________________________________ > tde-users mailing list -- users@... > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@... > Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@... > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@... To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@... Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@...