Using sftp through HTTP authenticating proxy

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On 10/26/2009 10:26 PM, Matt Domsch wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 03:26:54PM -0700, Donald Russell wrote:
>>    I'd like to use sftp to connect to a system on the outside but have to go
>>    through an HTTP proxy.

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> 
> yum install corkscrew
> man corkscrew
> 

> 

  As an alternative you may want to consider proxytunnel (it is quite a
bit better than corkscrew which is fairly basic).

  See for example this presentation ...
http://proxytunnel.sourceforge.net/files/proxytunnel-slides-froscon-2008.pdf

  I wish it was packaged for Fedora but it isn't - it is however a very
simple compile.