For anyone still reading the drivel these comments has turned into I would like to offer clarifications and corrections before I forget that I ever posted this.
1) this is a civilian network running onto a navy ship for use as entertainment. not sending secrets out, not connecting to military computers, etc. it is there so the crew of sailors missing their significant others can communicate in whatever ever way they choose to communicate *wink wink*
2) r00t was right in saying that it would only be used on the pier. we are literally going to throw a coax cable off the side of the ship (or vice versa) and connect to a cable connection provided on the pier. then it would hit a modem, then a hardware firewall, then a router, then the assembled collection of WAP devices
3) there is no red tape to cut because all of this is coming from MWR (gear) and the crew(pays the internet bill) itself and is actually common practice. I just wanted to go the extra mile and be able to download some Google Books from my rack and have a bit of the feeling of being home.
4) do any of you honestly believe the military could throw you into a prison for posting a comment on how to setup a vpn and suggesting vpn providers to a sailor trying to feel more at home? seriously? I understand a respectful level of paranoia but damn guys.
5) I appreciate some of who responded. I will admit to not reading all of them. I just don't have the time and most of them made my zombie apocalypse paranoia seem as common as athletes foot on a soldier. For those of you who did try to help I just want to say thank you
6) None of it matters - we are using Batelco which likes to raep VPN's, SSH connections, and auto-blocks proxies. yeah.....
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instead of a morale/entertainment budget the cost of it is being pushed to the users. Paying monthly to use the service. MWR is providing the networking gear and such. My question is rendered moot though. We are using batelco and they block vpn's, ssh, and proxies pretty aggressively
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For anyone still reading the drivel these comments has turned into I would like to offer clarifications and corrections before I forget that I ever posted this. 1) this is a civilian network running onto a navy ship for use as entertainment. not sending secrets out, not connecting to military computers, etc. it is there so the crew of sailors missing their significant others can communicate in whatever ever way they choose to communicate *wink wink* 2) r00t was right in saying that it would only be used on the pier. we are literally going to throw a coax cable off the side of the ship (or vice versa) and connect to a cable connection provided on the pier. then it would hit a modem, then a hardware firewall, then a router, then the assembled collection of WAP devices 3) there is no red tape to cut because all of this is coming from MWR (gear) and the crew(pays the internet bill) itself and is actually common practice. I just wanted to go the extra mile and be able to download some Google Books from my rack and have a bit of the feeling of being home. 4) do any of you honestly believe the military could throw you into a prison for posting a comment on how to setup a vpn and suggesting vpn providers to a sailor trying to feel more at home? seriously? I understand a respectful level of paranoia but damn guys. 5) I appreciate some of who responded. I will admit to not reading all of them. I just don't have the time and most of them made my zombie apocalypse paranoia seem as common as athletes foot on a soldier. For those of you who did try to help I just want to say thank you 6) None of it matters - we are using Batelco which likes to raep VPN's, SSH connections, and auto-blocks proxies. yeah.....
OP here - wise words instead of a morale/entertainment budget the cost of it is being pushed to the users. Paying monthly to use the service. MWR is providing the networking gear and such. My question is rendered moot though. We are using batelco and they block vpn's, ssh, and proxies pretty aggressively