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HTS(1) General Commands Manual HTS(1)

NAME

hts - httptunnel server

SYNOPSIS

hts [options] [host:][port]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly documents the hts command.

hts listens for incoming httptunnel connections at PORT (default port is 8888), and optionally binds to ip address HOST. When a connection is made, I/O is redirected to the destination specified by the --device, --forward-port or --stdin-stdout switch.

OPTIONS

The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options are included below.

Show summary of options.
use HTTP PUT requests of BYTES size (k, M, and G postfixes recognized)
use DEVICE for input and output
connect to PORT at HOST and use it for input and output
send keepalive bytes every SECONDS seconds (default is 5)
maximum time a connection will stay open is SEC seconds (default is 300)
use stdin/stdout for communication (implies --no-daemon)
always write Content-Length bytes in requests
output version information and exit
don't fork into the background
write a PID file to LOCATION
chroot to LOCATION before serving clients
change user and group identities before serving clients

EXAMPLES

hts -F localhost:22 8888 Aat host REMOTE, set up httptunnel server to listen on port 8888 and forward to localhost:22
htc -F 2222 -P PROXY_ADDRESS:8000 REMOTE_IP:8888 At host LOCAL, set up httptunnel client to forward localhost:2222 to REMOTE_IP:8888 via a local proxy at PROXY_ADDRESS:8000
htc -F 2222 -P PROXY_ADDRESS:8000 -B 48K REMOTE_IP:8888
ssh ssh://localhost:2222

AUTHOR

This manual page was contributed by Teemu Hukkanen <tjhukkan@iki.fi>, and was originally written for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

SEE ALSO