A request for GCC 3.5 snapshots

[Jamie Lokier]

Edward S. Peschko wrote:
> how about if the company has both a firewall in place *and* a filter
> system like websense (which basically doesn't allow direct connections
> to port 80, but redirects them through a proxy controlled by a javascript 
> program?

If they're still allowing HTTP over SSL then you can use that.  If the
proxy is just for proxying, HTTP has a "CONNECT" command which simply
forwards the connection (that is used by SSL connections among other
things).

If the company is blocking sites by name, just get them to allow
access to gnu.org.

If they simply don't want you accessing the net from work, you're on a
lost cause and any technical workaround will be a target for them when
they notice.

> I've never been able to figure out that one. I really wish that there was 
> an anonymous *ftp* interface for cvs, would make things much easier.

If there was an anonymous ftp interface serving a virtual view of the
files, then an anonymous http service offering the same ought to work
in all the same ways.

-- Jamie