Relay traffic

geohei · Post by **geohei** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:20 am

Hi.

I have provider A, which does not have a Usenet server.
My neighbor has provider B, which has a very good Usenet server.

Usenet access to provider B's newsserver is granted only if the IP address matched provider B's IP pool. Hence, I've no access!

I'd like to use my neighbor's DSL connection in order to access his newsserver. Is there any software, which relays my traffic via my neighbor to his provider B's newsserver?

Thanks,

ErikD · Post by **ErikD** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:08 pm

Why not switch providers then? Circumventing any access restriction like that could be considered illegal, and at the very least a violation of the TOS.

geohei · Post by **geohei** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:58 am

This would be an option, but not before the next 1.5 years since my contract links me for that time.

However ... technically speaking, is my idea feasable?

Thanks.

cchooper · Post by **cchooper** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:21 am

Some thoughts/ideas you could search for on your favorite search engine: VPN, PPTP, Internet Connection Sharing, Proxy Server

geohei · Post by **geohei** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:01 pm

@cchooper

I don't know if I explained my point properly. Basically, I'd like to have a tool on a PC (i386 or linux, whatever) which relays nntp: requests (bi-directional). I'd like to address this PC on port (e.g.) 50119, and this tool forwards the communication to a predefined newsserver on standard port 119. Replies from the newsserver should be routed via this tool to me.

Is this possible via one of your techniques (VPN, PPTP, Internet Connection Sharing, Proxy Server)?

Thanks,