Ping Tunnel (Ptunnel is an application that allows you to reliably tunnel TCP connections to a remote host using ICMP echo request and reply packets, commonly known as ping requests and replies.
Ptunnel is not a feature-rich tool by any means, but it does what it advertises.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Tunnel TCP using ICMP echo request and reply packets.
- Connections are reliable (lost packets are resent as necessary).
- Handles multiple connections.
- Acceptable bandwidth (150 kb/s downstream and about 50 kb/s upstream are the currently measured maximas for one tunnel, but with tweaking this can be improved further).
- Authentication, to prevent just anyone from using your proxy.
Website: www.cs.uit.no/~daniels/PingTunnel
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Developer: Daniel Stødle
License: BSD License
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