Re: broken DNS proxying at public wireless hotspots

From: Trent Lloyd (no email)
Date: Sun Feb 04 2007 - 00:58:21 EST

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    On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 09:22:30PM -0800, Lasher, Donn wrote:
    > >If so, how do you configure your client operating system of choice to
    > use the novel, un-proxied ports instead of using
    > > port 53?
    >
    > * Set up the profile, to your house/work/etc, of your favorite SSH
    > client to forward port 53 local to port 53 on your remote machine.

    <snip>

    > Same type of config works great for HTTP (with squid, and browser proxy
    > settings) etc..

    The flaw here is that DNS operates over 53(UDP), last time I checked SSH
    doesn't do UDP port forwarding?

    Cheers,
    Trent


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