At my workplace, the traffic blocker/firewall has been getting progressively worse. I can\'t connect to my home machine on port 22, and lack of ssh access makes me sad. I was
I think you'll have to find a port that you're not using currently that you can get out on, and listen on that. 443 is the obvious candidate, but you say that's not possible. What about mail (25, 110, 143), telnet (23), ftp (21), DNS (53), or even whois (43)?