[HacktionLab] create tunnels through firewalls. was: [FM Discuss] Press Release: Tunisian Activists Teach How To Bypass Internet Censorship

[Adelayde Skidmore]

On 14/10/2011 08:56, xifer wrote:
> On Friday 14 October 2011 00:17:26 bou wrote:
>> On 08/10/11 08:06, Adelayde Skidmore wrote:
>>> I was thinking of a new article for the booklet based around using ssh
>>> -D to create tunnels through firewalls.
>>> what does everyone think about that?
>> I think this goes beyond the interest of the user targeted as an
>> audience with he media tools booklet.
>>
> that type of functionality is useful to those stuck behind corporate etc 
> firewalls with filter lists and so on 
+1 - also those stuck behind country firewalls.

Tell ye what: I'll try to write something general and short with links
to more resources, and see if it fits in somewhere.

Also note, any VPN software will give you this ability, it's not limited
to ssh. 

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