Using GitHub almost requires the use of ssh to access repositories securely. It is absolutely required to update repositories. Unfortunately, that can run afoul of the “IT overlords” in many corporate environments. At my workplace, a Microsoft ISA authenticating web proxy server is in place, restricting most outbound traffic. Specifically, port 22, the ssh port, is not allowed and that means I can’t pull or push to my repositories on GitHub.
Redirects TCP connections from one IP address and port to another. rinetd is a single-process server which handles any number of connections to the address/port pairs specified in the file /etc/rinetd.conf. Since rinetd runs as a single process using nonb
Erltunnel is an HTTP tunnel with a small set of API functions. It is tested in particular to pass the Squid proxy. Remember, however, that whether the tunnel client can connect to the tunnel server may depend on the individually defined access rules.
URL filter is an add-on module for the popular Linux based firewall distributions IPCop and SmoothWall, extending their functionality with the ability to block unwanted domains, URLs and files.