[Patch] SSH through HTTP proxy using CONNECT

[Kevin Steves]

On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 04:18:32PM -0700, Archie Cobbs wrote:
> Then ssh will go through the HTTP proxy at 10.12.114.3 8080
> and tell it to 'CONNECT' to 'some.server.com:22'.
> 
> I found it useful so perhaps others would too. Please let me know
> whether or not you decide to include it in the standard SSH.

This is best done via a ProxyCommand helper.  I use a perl script
written by Urban Kaveus.  Sun ships SSH with a C helper program.