[Gllug] "Free" wifi story

[Jose Luis Martinez]

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Richard Jones <rich at annexia.org> wrote:
>
> I arrived today at my hotel to find that the loudly advertised "Free
> Wifi" was in fact for an expensive "Wifi" service from a company
> called "Free".  Well done, you got me.  It seems a bit petty to charge
> 120 EUR a night for a hotel and then demand an extra 12 EUR (10 quid!)
> a day for Wifi ...
>
> Anyway I then discovered that they don't block any high-numbered
> ports, leaving all my ssh servers (now relocated to high-numbered
> ports to avoid silly password attacks) clear and usable.  With a bit
> of squid and some tunnels even HTTP is available.
>
> Now who has the last laugh ...?
>
> Rich.

Did you check if you can use a cable in your room?

That funnily enough may be free of charge, so no proxy wizardry would
be required :-)
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