Questions tagged [tunneling]
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Transparent Ethernet over GRE not forwarding traffic
I am running on Linux 2.6.30.9 and have been trying to setup a transparent ethernet over GRE tunnel. The network topology used is as follows:
I want to bridge PC1 and PC2 using Transparent Ethernet over GRE. RouterA is connected to internet via…

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Bluecoat proxy: allow HTTPS access to websites while disallowing TCP tunneling (SSH/...)
We have an explicit (= not transparent) proxy setup using a BlueCoat ProxySG (software 6.4.3.1).
When I create Web Access Layer rules like:
Protocol: HTTPS -> All HTTPS: Allow,
Protocol: All TCP Tunneling: DENY, then
I still can do an SSH outside…

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Does a HTTP tunnel solution exist that doesn't use CONNECT, HTTPS or chunked encoding?
I am looking for a way to get a fast OpenVPN connection out through a restrictive firewall (this is not a workplace and I am not breaking any code of conduct).
Currently I'm using port 443 direct to the openvpn server, as the firewall allows…

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Sending all traffic through a tunnel
I have set up a IPIP tunnel between my workstation and my server. I can add routes manually to have traffic going through the tunnel like this:
ip route ad 216.221.35.27 dev foo
I'm not sure however how I should configure my routes to have all my…

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How to silently buffer tunnel traffic on network split, and automatically renew the connection when possible?
I have a slow connection between two machines, one in Germany and another in China. Connection sometimes breaks apart, and the packet loss is about 5%, at times even reaching 20%. Chinese machine has an outgoing bandwidth of ~256 kbit. Transfer of…

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Tunnel an SSH connection transparently (no ProxyCommand)
Here's the scenario: the user runs "ssh -i sshkey user@server1". I want the SSH connection to be tunneled through server1 to server2. Normally, the user could do this himself using:
ssh -i sshkey user@server1 -o 'ProxyCommand /bin/nc server2…

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Create a tunnel to my dedicated windows server
I have a Win 2008 dedicated server. The remote access for MSSQL db is disabled. However I want to connect to it during development from my system. I need to create something like a tunnel from my lap so as to access it. I don't have static…

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Securely connect to mainframe from cloud
I will preface this by saying that I am a solution architect, and I have a client who wishes to host an app in the cloud. The app needs to access information from SAP and other systems.
What is the best way to securely connect from a cloud machine…

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portforward ec2 instance to localhost for rails development
I'm trying to work with facebooks real-time updates but I'm having trouble giving facebook a callback address that they can use. My dev machine is behind a firewall so I want to use an ec2 instance to forward traffic to the dev machine.
Progress so…

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How do I create an ipip tunnel between two hosts on a LAN?
I have two hosts on a LAN. Both hosts have static IPv4 addresses.
Host1: eth0: 112.92.0.1
Host2: eth0: 112.92.0.3
I now want to create an ipip tunnel between these two hosts such that any packet sent to the tunnel interface on one host is…

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Ethernet over IP
I need to merge two L2 broadcast domain into single domain and I have to do this over unmanaged by me L3 IP network.
All that I could find is vtun utility for linux.
Which software&howto you can suggest?
Thank you in advance.

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Need an absolute proxy server to route HTTPS, FTP, etc
I have managed to setup a squid proxy server as an HTTP proxy and this is working well. However, it does not work with HTTPS. I am looking at making use of an external machine to setup as a proxy for HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, etc. I took a long and hard…

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"Tunnel" from one network to another
I'm sure the answer to this would be available on Google but I don't really know what I'm Google-ing for.
Situation;
We have two networks; our own internal network (192.168.0.[0-255]) and our 'server' network (Internal addresses are…
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I have a site to site VPN tunnel set up between offices, when I connect from home to either I cannot see the other side
This is my first time posting here so please be gentle. The title describes my problem, I will outline the setup:
I have a site to site bidirectional VPN tunnel set up in two offices 100 miles apart. Site A is running a Watchguard Firebox x20e, Site…

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SSH reverse tunnel for Windows RDP
Microsoft RDP seems to behave strangely when forwarded via ssh reverse (-R) tunnel. Some products can handle it without a problem (i.e. tunnelier) some fail (libssh2, putty).
When connected, the tunnelied connection will show login window and…

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