guitarlynn wrote: > > I don't know if this will approach the problem being asked to > help much, but I did reverse engineer the AOL software > many years ago to connect with Linux. > > You can only connect to AOL via a special proxy adapter > that is integrated with their software. The martian errors are > due to the built in advertising (pop-up ads and the the like) > being run on internal servers that are not resolvable by > internet URL. If someone clicks on one of these, the information > is sent to the server holding the information (internal). There may > be other servers (such as American Airlines) that are also built > in to their proxy, but rest assured that these errors are a part of > the AOL proxy and you won't be able to do much about it unless > you can get AOL to fix their software/practices to deal with your > filtering.
See? There is useful information on this list regarding this issue! Regardless how exhaustive this example maybe, it directly addresses my first two question. Thank you. > Maybe running one of the available SOCKS proxies packages > would reduce the martian errors, but I haven't dealt with the > said company in any respect for several years, so I don't know. Reducing these particular martian errors is moot. The real question is my third, Is this exploitable? If not, then we can live with spurious martian errors. If -- conceivably -- it is exploitable, then it warrants redirecting resources to eliminating the underlying problem. Treating symptoms rarely contributes value. Resolving the root-cause always eliminates the symptoms ;> So, my question remains, assuming your response to my first two questions, is this -- conceivably -- exploitable? If some maybe and others not, how can we differentiate between them? > Your only hope is cooperation with AOL itself (pretty pointless) or > backwards engineering their compiled software and building your > own proxy adapter if the available ones do not help. > > I hope this helps, Yes. -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
