Browse All You Want At Work

choka writes "I came across a new Mozilla deriative known as Ghostzilla. It has the ability to open and hide the browser within most applications with simple mouse gestures, ensuring no one will discover what por^H^H^Hsites you visit in office ;) (i.e., if your sysadmins don't check the proxy logs...)"

Comments

links

[Anonymous Coward]

Thats why I use links. Perfect for viewing websites that you shouldn't be, with the added bonus that if you run it remotely through an ssh connection, the sysadmins *CAN'T* look up your history in the proxie logs.

Re:links

[Jon Abbott]

if you run it remotely through an ssh connection, the sysadmins *CAN'T* look up your history in the proxie logs.

Ah, but that's where ngrep comes in! :^)

Re:links

[AKnightCowboy]

Wouldn't a better solution just be to log into your ADSL machine at home, and run mozilla over an X session?

Even better, use the -D option on newer versions of OpenSSH to do dynamic port forwarding. Then point Mozilla or Netscape's SOCKS4 proxy to the port you specify. For example: ssh -D 1080 remotehost.com -l blah Then just point mozilla to a socks4 port of 1080 on localhost. Everything you browse will then be proxied over your SSH connection and appear to come from your ADSL host to remote sites. Works pretty well in my experience without the hassle and overhead of setting up a squid proxy or running a full X application on a remote host.

Re:links

[pigpen_]

If they cracked the passphrase for the key, then yes. But otherwise I don't think so.

Re:links

[Anonymous Coward]

apt-get install links. Yes, it does work in RH8 too.

Re:Devious

[The Turd Report]

I forget the game, but I remember one where you would hit the f9 key (the docs called it the 'Boss Key') and a spreadsheet and a graph would come up on screen.

I dunno...

[Hayzeus]

If they're serious, they're going to be checking logs. If they're REALLY serious, they'll check your machine periodically for unapproved software.

I've worked plenty of places where IS and IS only were allowed to install ANY software. Even though most of us were developers with years of experience, unauthorized installation of anything was potentially grounds for termination.

Slashdotted...Download size 9.27 MB

[jukal]

As the site is already suffering, the download size is over 9 MB and there is not much other information on the site than this...

Ghostzilla is a browser for surfing the Web when you don't want anyone to physically see what you are doing. It renders Web pages to look indistinguishable from your work screen. You make it disappear instantly with one move of your hand and bring it back with another. Ghostzilla can show Web pages discreetly within literally any application you work with.

and the screen shots.... I'd believe everyone would be better of if you waited atleast some 30 minutes before hitting that download button. Why?

** Here is an analysis of the Slashdot Effect.

Anonymous Browsing

[Anonymous Coward]

Check out
www.primedius.com
You can surf even through corporate proxies without being logged.
All encrypted, anonymous, etc, etc. Pretty decent speed too...

Re:Devious

[Per Wigren]

I forget the game, but I remember one where you would hit the f9 key (the docs called it the 'Boss Key') and a spreadsheet and a graph would come up on screen.

It was the Leisure Suit Larry series. Maybe other Sierra-games also..

Hmm...

[Flakeloaf]

A good idea guys, 'cept a simple mouse gesture in standard Mozilla already allows you to miniimze or close the browser.

Better luck on your new invention - a blueness detector that works only on the sky.

Mac users have it easy

[teamhasnoi]

In OS X you can hit CMD(Apple) H, which 'hides' most apps. Have a doc open in the back and you're all good. For added 'security', have another browser (IE) in the dock for when the boss wants you to look something up, or show you something.

Now I can read /. all damn day! NOOO000ooooo....

Re:Mac users have it easy

[RaboKrabekian]

In windows you can just hit the windows key-D and all of your applications will be minimized. There are actually a lof functions that you can peform with the windows key - it's not just to bring up the start menu.

Re:try this

[guido1]

Because of this key in mshtml.dll
HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs","mozilla",2,"res://mshtml.dll/ about.moz"

There are also specific keys for:
PostNotCached
blank

Now, how mozilla ranks a key, and that no MS code review found this is anyone's idea.

More porn-related addons for Mozilla

[jesser]

Pornzilla Modifications - stealth profiles, image zoom, view (but don't download) all linked images, go to next/previous thumbnail gallery or image.

Leech - download all links from a page that have an extension in your list of extensions to download. The author didn't figure out how to send referrers with the requests, which is annoying because many porn sites require a correct referrer header, but there are several workarounds included with Leech.

Re:encrypted proxy

[fawadhalim]

Sure. Set up squid on your home box, and do

ssh -L 3128:localhost:3128

set localhost:3128 as your proxy address.

Re:Source?

[flippet]

The licence page says the source is available at http://www.ghostzilla.com/source/. At the moment I'll have to take their word for it, it's thinkin'...

Phil, just me

Re:Devious

[dhsmith]

Windows Solitaire had a boss key in the version that came with one of the Win2K release candidates. When you hit Esc solitaire minimized to a taskbar button with the Excel logo that said 'budget.xls'.

Mirror

[RudeDude]

download ghostzilla

Mirror provided by Mr HOSTBOT

Re:Source?

[mabinogi]

Ok, repeat this out loud, and slowly untill you understand:

IT'S OK TO DISTRIBUTE BINARIES CONTAINING MODIFIED GPL SOFTWARE IF YOU PROVIDE THE SOURCE ON REQUEST FOR NO MORE THAN THE COST OF DISTRIBUTION.

http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html Section 3b

The offer to obtain the source has to accompany the binary...and since you can't be bothered even opening it to find out, I don't think you have the right to be claiming license violation.

Where's the source?

[Anonymous Coward]

From: http://www.ghostzilla.com/legal/license.txt

2. RESTRICTIONS: You may not: (i) reverse engineer,
decompile, or disassemble the Software, except for
portions of the Software created from source code governed
by Netscape Public License or Mozilla Public License; (ii)
modify, or create derivative works based upon the
Software; (iii) distribute copies of the Software or its
parts; (iv) remove any proprietary notices or labels on
the Software; or (v) resell, lease, rent, transfer,
sublicense, or otherwise transfer rights to the Software
or its parts.

3. USE AND AVAILABILITY OF OPEN SOURCE CODE. Portions of
the Software were created using source code governed by
the Netscape Public License (NPL) and the Mozilla Public
License (MPL). The original source code for the portions
of the Software governed by the NPL and MPL is available
from http://www.mozilla.org under those licenses. Covered
Code (as defined in MPL) that was combined with Licensor's
proprietary code not governed by MPL to form a Larger Work
(as defined in MPL) and whose result is the Software, is
available for download at no charge at
http://www.ghostzilla.com/source. This Agreement in no
aspect limits or alters your rights in the Source Code
version as defined in the MPL.

Re:Devious

[Anonymous Coward]

I think it was called the 'Boss Key'