Iranian firewallfilter: How to make SSH traffic not resemble SSH traffic, when examined by a deep packet inspection device (Ellacoya, Narus, etc)? Other advice on specific types of VPN from within Iran also welcome. [more inside]
posted by thewalrus on Jun 22, 2009 - 18 answers

I've been unsuccessful in getting an old pc up and running with Ubuntu or some other *nix OS. I am wondering. Is it possible to use VPN or ssh from my computer to my Dreamhost account to create a secure tunnel to their servers into to the internet? I'm using 0.00 gb on my account for bandwidth. Sound doable? [more inside]
posted by BoldStepDesign on Jan 3, 2009 - 11 answers

How can I make my laptop pretend it's connected directly to the internet when I'm behind a firewall that blocks almost all ports? [more inside]
posted by sideshow on Feb 28, 2008 - 4 answers

I'm trying to run soulseek through SSH tunnels to avoid a restrictive college newtork policy. It doesn't seem to be working terribly well. [more inside]
posted by phrontist on Sep 3, 2006 - 7 answers