Http-proxy-tunnel tunnels a TCP connection through a series of http proxies using http and https.
The ability to tunnel through a series of http proxies and to use SSL is what distinguishes http-proxy-tunnel from other tunnelling programs. When used in conjunction with a web server capable of proxying (such as Apache) it can be used to make an ssh connection to a server on port 80 or 443 while web pages are served from those same ports. The readme describes how to do this.
Http-proxy-tunnel can also forward TCP connections over the tunnel in the same manner ssh does. Thus running:
http-proxy-tunnel --forward=127.0.0.1:1100 . my.server.com localhost:110
Then pointing your email client at 127.0.0.1 would let you retrieve your email by tunnelling through a http proxy without the need to use ssh, assuming your web server was set up correctly.
There is a man page, a change log and a README.
If http-proxy-tunnel doesn't suit your needs then perhaps one of these will:
I wrote http-proxy-tunnel after Mark Suter gave me a copy of his ssh-https-tunnel. It didn't meet my needs as I had a Web server using the ports I was allowed to connect to, but it did fire my imagination.
Http-proxy-tunnel is copyright © 2007,2008,2012,2014,2017,2018,2019,2021,2024 Russell Stuart. It is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
The copyright holders grant you an additional permission under Section 7 of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3, exempting you from the requirement in Section 6 of the GNU General Public License, version 3, to accompany Corresponding Source with Installation Information for the Program or any work based on the Program. You are still required to comply with all other Section 6 requirements to provide Corresponding Source.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
Development for http-proxy-tunnel is hosted on Source forge:
Russell Stuart, 2014-May-29.