I need your help ! I need to access my servers (cpanel, whm, webmail) from behind a firewall (I have no control over the firewall as it is my employers firewall). I installed cpanel proxy thru the "auto install", but it does not seem to do anything. Has anyone got any suggestions?
try asking your IT support or who ever you outsource too, to add port 2082(Default CPanel), 2086(Default WHM) and 2062(Default Webmail) to the allowed port access list. other then that I can't suggest anything, sorry.
Thanks for your advice, I tried to do that before but being in a very large company makes it impossible for IT to agree to do that !
Haha I've been there! I personally changed the port that my SSH server was running on and did everything through my ssh connection. You could use port forwarding with ssh to access services on unacceptable ports.
Benajnim, Thanks for the info. How exactly do you do that using SSH? I have not used any SSH commands before.
You need to have access to a server running ssh services (you'll need admin access). You can edit the sshd config file to change the ports ssh itself binds to. Then you use port-forwarding/tunneling to reroute your requests to your destination host+port. Google ssh tunneling to learn all about it. The concepts might be a little difficult to grasp at first, but once you do, you'll unlock an immensely versatile tool.
FYI, if you are found using any sort of tunneling to get around a corporate firewall it could mean termination. Going around a security policy in most large businesses is a very good reason for firing someone. I would suggest reading any computer usage policy your company might have in place to make sure you are not breaking the rules.