Proxy for IRC?

xeonburn · Apprentice Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 172

My university blocks ports 6660-7000 so I am unable to directly connect to any IRC servers... is there a way I can get around that without the use of a machine outside the school network?

I don't know if the university runs an HTTP proxy server that I could tunnell it through or not... if there is a program I can use to scan for one.

I've also heard about using a local proxy but I dont' know how it works.

Can someone help?

Kirigoe · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 9:47 pm Post subject:

if the server you're trying to contact is using a port that is blocked by your firewall (6660-7000) then you have to either run a proxy on the actual firewall or on a host outside of the firewall. you can't get through any other way.

i suggest you try and find a host that offers shell access, but they're probably quite rare since shell accounts are easily abused.

hope it helps!
~ kiri
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sobers_2002 · Veteran Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 1128

if there is shell access of outside place then how u go about using it ??? plz explain
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