Accessing host from work

Soldato
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Hi Guys,

I cannot access my host from work e.g. http://examplehost.com:7013

That above port would allow me access to part of my webserver. But I cannot access it from my work internet?
I am able to access it externally from my phone so I know it's open.

Any work around I can use?
 
You may need to use a VPN tunnel to get through the web Proxy server at work. I use OpenVPN myself using pfsense, setup as a VM openvpn server.

You need to add the following lines to the OpenVPN client config file .ovpn at work.

http-proxy default.proxy.Mycompany.com 80 authfile.txt ntlm
http-proxy-timeout 100
http-proxy-retry


The file authfile.txt has the user and password needed to connect to internet through the proxy. There are lots of Youtube videos on how to set it up.
 
Without trying to sound like a bore, have you checked with your IT department that this is OK to access?

Only reason I ask is trying to subvert the proxy array at our place could easily be classed as gross misconduct. A properly configured firewall/proxy is likely to block most VPN attempts as well
 
Using a random port is only security through obscurity.

Which if your only attempt at securing something it isn't ideal.

But if it's used as part of a defence in depth approach then it's not exactly a bad thing, just don't rely on it ;)
 
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