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Subject: runsocks kermit note
Message-ID: <E13dSBs-0004Df-00@dxmcgyver>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 23:56:40 -0700
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
This is just a brief note on a program, runsocks, that I've found
very helpfull in running with C-Kermit to make connections through
the firewall at one of my ISP's.
Rather than recompiling a special version of C-Kermit to have
Socks support, you can use the 'runsocks' utility.
Linkname: runsocks-1.0r10-5.i386 RPM
URL:
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/contrib/libc6/i386/runsocks-1.0r10
-5.i386.html
Linkname: /home/gomez/socks5 directory
URL: ftp://ftp.falsehope.com/home/gomez/socks5
I had to run the .rpm file through the 'alien' package converter
to make a .deb file for my Debian 2.1 system. It was then a pleasant
surprise that this library seareh path manipulation utility
worked after it was installed. Anyway you simply
runsocks kermit
and not only kermit, but any programs you launch from within
kermit, such as a browser, ftp or anything through a pipe or pty
are effectively socksified. I've used telnet-ssl, tinyirc
and lynx through c-kermit initiated/controlled ptys numerous times,
no problems.
Runsocks works directly from the command line with other programs
such as browsers, but kermit is just what I use it with the most.
I create a soft link to runsocks, named 's5', to reduce the typing,
but this could also be done with a shell alias or script.
The 's5' name is consistent with a set of socksified
clients at the above ftp site (s5telnet, s5ftp etc.).
I hunted around a bit for other general tools that might
work similarly for say SSL, and all I could find was
'stunnel'. From my current point of view stunnel
isn't satisfactory because apparently it only works with
servers, and I needed a client 'SSLifier', but it might work
fine with IKSD or vanilla c-kermit running in server mode.
I want to express my appreciation to Henri Gomez,
Aron Griffis, Avi Alkalay and anyone else involved
for making this tool available.
Regards,
Dallas E. Legan II / leganii@surfree.com / dallasii@kincyb.com
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