Friends,
Good news for those who are behind the firewall and want to connect TWS.
I was able to connect TWS from behind the firewall using port forwarding feature of SSH. Just establish a SSH to your trusted server outside and make a forwarding rule for L4000=>gwX.ibllc.com:4000 (pick X randomly between 1-4).
The othe trick is related to load balancing feature of IB which redirects initial connect to other node (gwX.ibllc.com). So tunneling technique fails if the /etc/hosts (or C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) file is not fixed as following.
This fix will work by making the connection sticky to that node. IB may not like this but what other option we have?
Please seek help from google if you are not aware of SSH tunneling.
IB - if you are listening to us; why can't you add a SSL enabled port (currently on 4001) on 443 as well so that a normal firewall can connect? A simple iptable rule can do the trick.
No corporate proxy will allow outbound SSL connection to non-standard port like 4001 so proxy feature of TWS is mostly a waste.
Thanks,
Good news for those who are behind the firewall and want to connect TWS.
I was able to connect TWS from behind the firewall using port forwarding feature of SSH. Just establish a SSH to your trusted server outside and make a forwarding rule for L4000=>gwX.ibllc.com:4000 (pick X randomly between 1-4).
The othe trick is related to load balancing feature of IB which redirects initial connect to other node (gwX.ibllc.com). So tunneling technique fails if the /etc/hosts (or C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) file is not fixed as following.
This fix will work by making the connection sticky to that node. IB may not like this but what other option we have?
Code:
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127.0.0.1 gw240.ibllc.comPlease seek help from google if you are not aware of SSH tunneling.
IB - if you are listening to us; why can't you add a SSL enabled port (currently on 4001) on 443 as well so that a normal firewall can connect? A simple iptable rule can do the trick.
No corporate proxy will allow outbound SSL connection to non-standard port like 4001 so proxy feature of TWS is mostly a waste.
Thanks,