Re: ICQ on http proxy

[Simon Valiquette <simon.valiquette@example.com>]

Simon Cozens wrote:
> 
> Simon Valiquette (lists.tlug):
> >  Do anyone know an ICQ clone that can pass over a Squid http firewall
> >(or an easy way of doing it using a http port and the good proxy server
> >address)?
> 
> I'm sure you could be fired for running a port redirector on port 443 of
> a server outside the firewall and a similar port forwarder (such as at
> http://slinky.scrye.com/~tkil/port-forward) on the ICQ port of a local
> machine, so I won't suggest it.


  Yes, I already thinked about that, but I did'nt because security
issues.  I'm working in the Fujixerox Corporate Research Center, so we
really mind about security (email and JavaScript included).  If we had
the right to use that kind of tricks, there would be no reasons for us
to use a very restrictive firewall.  And they will never allow the port
used by ICQ to be open (and I fully agree with that), because the
Windows ICQ version have just too many security flaws.

Simon V.

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