NAME

htc - httptunnel client

SYNOPSIS

htc [options] host[:port]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly documents the htc command.

htc sets up a httptunnel connection to PORT at HOST (default port is 8888). When a connection is made, I/O is redirected from the source specified by the --device or --forward-port switch to the tunnel.

OPTIONS

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

-h, --help: Show summary of options.
-c, --content-length BYTES: use HTTP PUT requests of BYTES size (k, M, and G postfixes recognized)
-d, --device DEVICE: use DEVICE for input and output
-F, --forward-port PORT: use TCP port PORT for input and output
-k, --keep-alive SECONDS: send keepalive bytes every SECONDS seconds (default is 5)
-M, --max-connection-age SEC: maximum time a connection will stay open is SEC seconds (default is 300)
-S, --strict-content-length: always write Content-Length bytes in requests
-A, --proxy-authorization USER:PASSWORD: proxy authorization
--proxy-authorization-file FILE: proxy authorization file
-B, --proxy-buffer-size BYTES: assume a proxy buffer size of BYTES bytes (k, M, and G postfixes recognized)
-P, --proxy HOSTNAME[:PORT]: use a HTTP proxy (default port is 8080)
-T, --timeout TIME: timeout, in milliseconds, before sending padding to a buffering proxy
-U, --user-agent STRING: specify User-Agent value in HTTP requests
-V, --version: output version information and exit

AUTHOR

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