HTTP Tunnel Clients
There are several free/open-source, and commercial HTTP Tunneling client applications that allow even applications that lack native tunneling support to communicate from locations with restricted connectivity.
The free or open-source HTTP Tunneling clients are usually packaged as a pair of applications, one of which performs the role of the mediator server, the other performing the role of the Tunneling client. This requires the user to have access to their own server that they can run the mediator server software on.
The commercial HTTP Tunneling client applications are provided by companies that run their own mediator server farms. They charge for the service provided, with various tiers of service that depend on the bandwidth provided.
This has the infamous use for students and employees to bypass any internet filters placed on school or work computers. Rather than using the place's internet connection to get website information, it only uses it to connect to another, unrestricted-access computer. That computer then uses its internet connection to gather web information and send it to the person tunneling it. Similar to the remote desktop concept, but only using that computers unrestricted internet connection.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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