I know Yahoo! Messenger for sure has the ability to use HTTP requests.
On 3/30/06, Keith Lelacheur <themercuryman@gmail.com> wrote:
> I dug a little deeper and found out that the office uses a firewall/esafe
> combination that uses stateful packet inspection and will block any traffic
> that is not HTTP traffic over any port. This is a little out of my
> security/networking league, but I think that means I am out of luck. Meebo
> satisfies my basic needs though so it's not too bad. Thanks for the help.
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> On 3/30/06, Brian Radwanski <brian_radwanski@symantec.com > wrote:
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> > Should be in the advanced settings on your connection. I don't have gaim
> on me as I'm in training and on a windows box today.
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> > From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Keith Lelacheur
> > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:35 AM
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> > To: slug@nks.net
> > Subject: Re: [SLUG] WiFI Ripoff
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> > Is there a how-to on how to proxy GAIM out there? I would love to be able
> to stay in touch and not resort to meebo at work. I see the proxy server
> set up on the Preferences/networking tab in GAIM, but I am not sure what to
> put in there.
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> > On 3/30/06, Steven Buehler <swbuehler@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On 3/30/06, Keith Lelacheur <themercuryman@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > In cases where they block the IM clients, isn't something like meebo an
> > > acceptable alternative?
> >
> > Don't even need that, just proxy the instant messenger through an HTTP
> > connection. I do that with GAIM to get through the VPN at work.
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