I have been looking to set up a proxy inside our firewall and have been unable to find one that will meet my requirements. If you know of any, please reply to this message.
What I'm trying to accomplish: we have a VPN solution that will let users access our intranet pages, but they must use a different DNS name (one that is resolvable on the Internet) than what is used internally. Yes, this is stupid, but it's the way it is. The problem arises when they click a link on one intranet site that would bump them to another intranet site (inter-site link). The DNS name in that link will only work inside the firewall, as they can't resolve the internal name. Now, I was thinking if I could put an anonymizer-style proxy server inside the firewall, all of my users could connect to that, and the proxy server would have no problems connecting to the internal DNS names as it actually resides inside the firewall. I don't care at all about the service being anonymous, I just want a true proxy.
Problems: I have looked at a lot of solutions, but most are either very expensive (licensing software from anonymizer.com, etc), or simply not good enough (cgi-proxy vomits on a lot of client-side Javascript). Most solutions are for *nix, which I'm not opposed to, but my team doesn't really have strong skills in that arena.
Does anyone know of an inexpensive ( less than $1,000) proxy solution that works flawlessly (forms, Basic Authentication, SSL, Client-side Javascript) that ideally runs on Win2k? On any OS?
For a hillarious article on USPS shipping experiences from a tooth in a clear box to a Helium Ballon (requested negative shipping charges), see Postal Experiments from the Annals of Improbable Research.
I once heard an interview with a media photographer who became famous when the Monica Lewinski scandle broke because he had a picture of Bill hugging Monica at some event a few months before the "news" broke. He commented that 100 other photographers took that same picture, but since she was an unknown and uninteresting person they all deleted the photograph from their hard drives. This photographer was shooting slides, and was able to go back through his old shots and find a picture that was initially believed to be a non-event. BTW, he made lots of $$$ from that shot.
Mind you, I just switched from slides to digital myself...but if you are a journalist photographer there is a lesson to be learned here.
I remember the joy when MS-DOS 4.0 came out and I was finally able to partition my entire 40 megabyte hard drive into one partition (DOS 3.x had a maximum limit of 20 Meg per partition).
If you are going to buy 6,000 Terabytes of data per year for the next X years, please just do me one favor....let me know what company so I can buy their stock!
Not to be outdone my Microsoft, the US Postal Service has released "Viruses for Snail Mail".
DENVER, CO - Postmaster General John (Jack) E. Potter today assured the American public that the U.S. Postal Service and the mailing industry are doing everything within their power to ensure that the Microsoft Monopoly in mail delievered virus comes to an end.
Altough their first attempt at viruses via mail are not as sophisticated as the self-reproducing virus that Outlook can deliever, smallpox is showing definite potential in this arena.
Not to be left out, Symantec announced two new products to protect consumers: the Norton Gas Mask, and the Norton Kiln Mailbox. The Norton Gas Mask can stop the spread of viruses, while installing the Norton Kiln Mailbox allows you to incenerate the viruses before they are even opened.
Is there some reason that you couldn't build an aluminum case with an adapter that sits on the CPU, thus making the entire case into a giant heatsink? I would *love* to get rid of the CPU fan (noisy, and beware if it dies while your Athlon is chugging along).
On another note, Bruce Schneier has always reminded people that a secure system always includes at least 2 out of three things: Something you know (password), something you have (ATM card), or something you are (biometrics, fingerprint).
I've always wondered about the logic behind this. All you're trying to prove is identity, right? If you can indentify me biometrically, you don't need a stinkin password, or god forbid a one-time pin card.
I believe a bank was beta testing ATM machines which used iris recognition. You didn't even need an ATM card, just put your eye to the machine. I was impressed by their insite...shrugging of the old school mentality.
It's in Alpha, but I am using a program to catch IP address inside our firewall that infected with Nimda. See below:
-----Original Message-----
From: John Thornton [mailto:jthornton@HACKERSDIGEST.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 4:43 AM
Subject: Worm Watch
I am releasing a tool that I have written that monitors port 80 loging
servers infected by Nimda. However the point of the tool is not just to log
infected servers but to look for variants. As we have seen in the past worms
being released in the wild then rereleased with new logic, Worm Watcher will
log changes made to http requests, number requested, the order they are
requested etc. This will spot a rereleased version of Nimda that we know
will be in the wild in a matter of time.
I can only imagine that they need to input the position, velocity, and tepurature of every airborne particle in Earth's atmosphere if they want to calculate climate for the next thousand years. Garbage In - Garbage Out. How would we know if the output is valid?
BTW, if it's able to complete this task in 'a short time' what will the computer be used for after that? 42.
I know from experience that if you have a super-heated CPU and a drop of sweat manages to land on it, the CPU will shatter and may explode in a hail of super-heated shrapnel.
It's a poorly coded application that is reponsible for this bad results. Maybe it's not their fault, perhaps no one told them about the Y2K bug....
Sorry if I'm preaching to the choir
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I have long been a critic of Bush's national missile defense, and I imagine that this attack will only speed it's deployment. I fear that the US goverenment doesn't realize that this isn't 1980.
NO ONE wants to sign up to be attacked by the US military! Very few people in the world have the ability to launch a missile at us without us knowing immediately where it came from (submarine platforms). The threats to our safety aren't from missiles.
The crossbow changed warfare, guerillia action changed warfare, submarines changed warfare, etc, etc. Wars of the future will not be fought with missiles...at least not against an overwhelming force like the US military.
I hope Bush gets a clue before wasting billions of dollars on the fullfillment of Regan's 1980 dream. We are in a different world now.
As someone whose primary job it making things work more efficiently, I have to tell you that sloppy code is the way the world works. Get it done, get it out there, fix it later if there is a problem.
Maybe in acedemia programers have the time to achieve loftier goals, but in the business world elegance isn't very valuable.
I'm sure that there are places you could go where you'd be able to write programs the way you like, but I'd make damned positive that you'd found one before you leave your current job for what is admittedly a "philosphical difference".
Not to mention that the color in the image is only as good as the camera they took the photo with, and is influenced by the ambient light (more blue for Flouresent, more orange for Incandesent, etc).
I've noticed that ever since I downloaded those MP3's my eyes have been a little bloodshot. I've had a naging cough and a runny nose. Lately I've developed a rash on my ass....it's hard to read in the mirror, but I swear it reads, "I give you this rash to ask for your advice."
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What I'm trying to accomplish: we have a VPN solution that will let users access our intranet pages, but they must use a different DNS name (one that is resolvable on the Internet) than what is used internally. Yes, this is stupid, but it's the way it is. The problem arises when they click a link on one intranet site that would bump them to another intranet site (inter-site link). The DNS name in that link will only work inside the firewall, as they can't resolve the internal name. Now, I was thinking if I could put an anonymizer-style proxy server inside the firewall, all of my users could connect to that, and the proxy server would have no problems connecting to the internal DNS names as it actually resides inside the firewall. I don't care at all about the service being anonymous, I just want a true proxy.
Problems: I have looked at a lot of solutions, but most are either very expensive (licensing software from anonymizer.com, etc), or simply not good enough (cgi-proxy vomits on a lot of client-side Javascript). Most solutions are for *nix, which I'm not opposed to, but my team doesn't really have strong skills in that arena.
Does anyone know of an inexpensive ( less than $1,000) proxy solution that works flawlessly (forms, Basic Authentication, SSL, Client-side Javascript) that ideally runs on Win2k? On any OS?
For a hillarious article on USPS shipping experiences from a tooth in a clear box to a Helium Ballon (requested negative shipping charges), see Postal Experiments from the Annals of Improbable Research.
I once heard an interview with a media photographer who became famous when the Monica Lewinski scandle broke because he had a picture of Bill hugging Monica at some event a few months before the "news" broke. He commented that 100 other photographers took that same picture, but since she was an unknown and uninteresting person they all deleted the photograph from their hard drives. This photographer was shooting slides, and was able to go back through his old shots and find a picture that was initially believed to be a non-event. BTW, he made lots of $$$ from that shot.
Mind you, I just switched from slides to digital myself...but if you are a journalist photographer there is a lesson to be learned here.
I remember the joy when MS-DOS 4.0 came out and I was finally able to partition my entire 40 megabyte hard drive into one partition (DOS 3.x had a maximum limit of 20 Meg per partition).
If you are going to buy 6,000 Terabytes of data per year for the next X years, please just do me one favor....let me know what company so I can buy their stock!
Not to be outdone my Microsoft, the US Postal Service has released "Viruses for Snail Mail".
DENVER, CO - Postmaster General John (Jack) E. Potter today assured the American public that the U.S. Postal Service and the mailing industry are doing everything within their power to ensure that the Microsoft Monopoly in mail delievered virus comes to an end.
Altough their first attempt at viruses via mail are not as sophisticated as the self-reproducing virus that Outlook can deliever, smallpox is showing definite potential in this arena.
Not to be left out, Symantec announced two new products to protect consumers: the Norton Gas Mask, and the Norton Kiln Mailbox. The Norton Gas Mask can stop the spread of viruses, while installing the Norton Kiln Mailbox allows you to incenerate the viruses before they are even opened.
Is there some reason that you couldn't build an aluminum case with an adapter that sits on the CPU, thus making the entire case into a giant heatsink? I would *love* to get rid of the CPU fan (noisy, and beware if it dies while your Athlon is chugging along).
This has to be the first Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead reference ever seen on Slashdot.
The article says that it can store up to 80 images. It doesn't mention that you'll have to recharge the battery four times to take 80 pictures.
Just my assumption, but as the LCD is also a viewfinder, I'll bet it you can't frame and shoot 80 pics on a watch battery.
>3ryon: So, Alice, how do you like the Slashdot effect.
>Alice: Can't Speak Right Now.
On another note, Bruce Schneier has always reminded people that a secure system always includes at least 2 out of three things: Something you know (password), something you have (ATM card), or something you are (biometrics, fingerprint).
I've always wondered about the logic behind this. All you're trying to prove is identity, right? If you can indentify me biometrically, you don't need a stinkin password, or god forbid a one-time pin card.
I believe a bank was beta testing ATM machines which used iris recognition. You didn't even need an ATM card, just put your eye to the machine. I was impressed by their insite...shrugging of the old school mentality.
Fantastic summary! I mailed it to some of my less technical friends.
It's in Alpha, but I am using a program to catch IP address inside our firewall that infected with Nimda. See below:
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Thornton [mailto:jthornton@HACKERSDIGEST.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 4:43 AM
Subject: Worm Watch
I am releasing a tool that I have written that monitors port 80 loging
servers infected by Nimda. However the point of the tool is not just to log
infected servers but to look for variants. As we have seen in the past worms
being released in the wild then rereleased with new logic, Worm Watcher will
log changes made to http requests, number requested, the order they are
requested etc. This will spot a rereleased version of Nimda that we know
will be in the wild in a matter of time.
screen shot ( http://www.hackersdigest.com/wormwatch/wormwatch.
source code ( http://www.hackersdigest.com/wormwatch/wormwatch.
BTW, if it's able to complete this task in 'a short time' what will the computer be used for after that? 42.
Check out Bookpool for 40% off cover price. They always have great prices. No, IANAS (I Am Not A Spokesperson).
I know from experience that if you have a super-heated CPU and a drop of sweat manages to land on it, the CPU will shatter and may explode in a hail of super-heated shrapnel.
They comment in the article that the turbines would have a large cooling effect. I can't imagine what they are talking about....can anyone explain?
It's a poorly coded application that is reponsible for this bad results. Maybe it's not their fault, perhaps no one told them about the Y2K bug....
I have long been a critic of Bush's national missile defense, and I imagine that this attack will only speed it's deployment. I fear that the US goverenment doesn't realize that this isn't 1980.
NO ONE wants to sign up to be attacked by the US military! Very few people in the world have the ability to launch a missile at us without us knowing immediately where it came from (submarine platforms). The threats to our safety aren't from missiles.
The crossbow changed warfare, guerillia action changed warfare, submarines changed warfare, etc, etc. Wars of the future will not be fought with missiles...at least not against an overwhelming force like the US military.
I hope Bush gets a clue before wasting billions of dollars on the fullfillment of Regan's 1980 dream. We are in a different world now.
As someone whose primary job it making things work more efficiently, I have to tell you that sloppy code is the way the world works. Get it done, get it out there, fix it later if there is a problem.
Maybe in acedemia programers have the time to achieve loftier goals, but in the business world elegance isn't very valuable.
I'm sure that there are places you could go where you'd be able to write programs the way you like, but I'd make damned positive that you'd found one before you leave your current job for what is admittedly a "philosphical difference".
It looks like Microsoft will go to any length to get rid of Java!
What will they eat when their teeth fall out in the low gravity?
Not to mention that the color in the image is only as good as the camera they took the photo with, and is influenced by the ambient light (more blue for Flouresent, more orange for Incandesent, etc).
I certainly wouldn't make that claim.
I've noticed that ever since I downloaded those MP3's my eyes have been a little bloodshot. I've had a naging cough and a runny nose. Lately I've developed a rash on my ass....it's hard to read in the mirror, but I swear it reads, "I give you this rash to ask for your advice."
I think I have the MP3 Virus.
I think I'm going to open a shop and sell nanobots to new-age medicine types.
Me: Thanks for the $200, now this pill and the nanobots will do their thing.
Customer: I can see through this gell-cap, there's nothing in them.
Me: Ah, that's the beauty.