Stuck behind a proxy :(

[Denis Leroy]

Julian Sikorski wrote:
> Hello. It looks like I will be stuck behind a proxy for a while :( I
> have left Poland for about half a year, to spend one semester at the
> University of Strathclyde (Erasmus exchange). The problem is that the
> network within the halls of residence connects to the outer world via
> http proxy. So I am able to browse the web and download files via ftp,
> but cvs does not work for me. So please, feel free to push any updates
> to my packages that you find necesary. I am (was?) the maintainer of
> the following ones:
> chemical-mime-data
> gchempaint
> gnome-chemistry-utils
> museek+
> qt-qsa
> qwtplot3d
> I'll still be reading the list and once I get back access to cvs, I'll
> let you know.

you can use cvs across an http proxy by using 'ProxyCommand' in your 
.ssh/config file (see 'man ssh_config', look for ProxyCommand).