Re: portblocked - cannot connect to jabber server

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:59:08 +0000, Dead Paul wrote:

They wont be opening all 1024+ ports. Just the one I nominate for
jabber.

Is their help really likely?

What about a VPN solution instead? This shrinks the problem
considerably. And you can have your VPN listening on a port that the
firewall admins already permit through.

If you don't have something else to use, there's always <http://tldp.org/
HOWTO/ppp-ssh/index.html>.

- Andrew
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