Comments on: Download a torrent from behind a firewall http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/download-torrent-behind-firewall/ Tim McCormack, distilled Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:07:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Manish http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/download-torrent-behind-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-45667 Manish Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:27:51 +0000 http://brainonfire.net/?p=52#comment-45667 @Will Pk You can do that you require a Hardware outside your organisation not to mention Public IP reachability on it. Then depending upon the hardware you will have different procedures to set them up, e.g. If are using a CISCO ASA firewall(at remote end) you need to install Easy VPN(Search Youtube for how to) if you have a Server with Windows server running on it You can use PPTP or SSTP VPN on it. Once you have set up and connected ur Client machine to remote VPN, u can change SOCKS proxy in your browser to 127.0.0.1 and port no to VPN Tunnel no(u will get this from ur VPN client software) and thts it. @Will Pk You can do that you require a Hardware outside your organisation not to mention Public IP reachability on it. Then depending upon the hardware you will have different procedures to set them up, e.g. If are using a CISCO ASA firewall(at remote end) you need to install Easy VPN(Search Youtube for how to) if you have a Server with Windows server running on it You can use PPTP or SSTP VPN on it. Once you have set up and connected ur Client machine to remote VPN, u can change SOCKS proxy in your browser to 127.0.0.1 and port no to VPN Tunnel no(u will get this from ur VPN client software) and thts it.

]]> By: MauroChSS http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/download-torrent-behind-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-42104 MauroChSS Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:38:52 +0000 http://brainonfire.net/?p=52#comment-42104 Still working.......... :) Still working.......... :)

]]> By: Tim McCormack http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/download-torrent-behind-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-29253 Tim McCormack Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:12:11 +0000 http://brainonfire.net/?p=52#comment-29253 @Will Pk: It's not something I have a whole lot of experience with, but here's what you'll need to find out in order to do it yourself: How to do port forwarding with your SSH (probably dynamic forwarding, maybe also reverse forwarding), most likely either PuTTY or OpenSSH Whether you want a full server, a remote terminal, or just a proxy (and how much it will cost you) What the bandwidth and traffic policies of the service are If you just want tunneling for a specific protocol, you may want to investigate more specialized services. For instance, I've heard of a bit torrent traffic anonymizer service that seemed pretty reputable. (I don't recall the name.) And hey, if you manage to set something up... blog about it! @Will Pk: It's not something I have a whole lot of experience with, but here's what you'll need to find out in order to do it yourself:

How to do port forwarding with your SSH (probably dynamic forwarding, maybe also reverse forwarding), most likely either PuTTY or OpenSSH
Whether you want a full server, a remote terminal, or just a proxy (and how much it will cost you)
What the bandwidth and traffic policies of the service are

If you just want tunneling for a specific protocol, you may want to investigate more specialized services. For instance, I've heard of a bit torrent traffic anonymizer service that seemed pretty reputable. (I don't recall the name.)

And hey, if you manage to set something up... blog about it!

]]> By: Will Pk http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/download-torrent-behind-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-29251 Will Pk Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:04:56 +0000 http://brainonfire.net/?p=52#comment-29251 "get a server slice elsewhere in the world and SSH tunnel your traffic through that box." How do you go about doing that? can you write a quick guide on it? Thanks in advance Will. "get a server slice elsewhere in the world and SSH tunnel your traffic through that box."

How do you go about doing that? can you write a quick guide on it?

Thanks in advance

Will.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/download-torrent-behind-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-27831 Stephen Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:31:24 +0000 http://brainonfire.net/?p=52#comment-27831 Alright, thanks. Alright, thanks.

]]> By: Tim McCormack http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/download-torrent-behind-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-27755 Tim McCormack Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:26:33 +0000 http://brainonfire.net/?p=52#comment-27755 @Stephen: Northeastern does not block downloading of .torrent files or bittorrent traffic in general, though they may throttle the traffic to reduce network load. Registration is a common practice now at universities. I don't like it one bit, but I understand why they do it. If you don't want them snooping on your traffic (since they claim a right to do so), get a server slice elsewhere in the world and SSH tunnel your traffic through that box. @Stephen: Northeastern does not block downloading of .torrent files or bittorrent traffic in general, though they may throttle the traffic to reduce network load.

Registration is a common practice now at universities. I don't like it one bit, but I understand why they do it. If you don't want them snooping on your traffic (since they claim a right to do so), get a server slice elsewhere in the world and SSH tunnel your traffic through that box.

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