On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 22:49, Josh Jeppson wrote: > Has anybody else signed up for using the laptop Internet > access service at Provo City Public Library? Has anyone > noticed how very limited that access is? > > Requirements: > Sign up at desk > Use their filtered proxy > > Services: > FTP > HTTP > HTTPS > > Restrictions: > Standard ports only > Abuse = Banned > Any other network service
Well you could always set up a special tunneling system over http or https that uses a server you control to route your internet traffic. A commercial implementation (service) is here: http://www.http-tunnel.com. A GPL implentation is at http://www.nocrew.org/software/httptunnel.html Michael > > Now, I realize that it is a free (read: tax supported) > service that the library is providing. I just wondered > why other services such as SMTP/POP3 and SSH would be > blocked. So, I asked a librarian who I could talk to > about it. A technician was there updating some machines, > so the librarian directed me to him. He said it was a > policy established by his boss. I asked if I could talk > to him. (Throughout all of this I was, of course, very > polite) He said that his boss was not there at the moment, > so I asked if I could write him a note. He said sure. So > I did. > > Today I received a very short email: > > > The reason is susceptibility to attack. We do what we can > > with a very limited budget. > > > > Provo City Library > > Systems Manager > > Gery > > <rant> > No why would he say that? If a firewall only allows outgoing > services and everything is proxied through their server (via > SOCKS, I suppose) then what is the big deal? What could they > possibly fear with outgoing, proxied services? > </rant> > > Before anybody suggested security risks, please remember that > they already allow you to physically connect to their network. > Since they are allowing an unknown machine in, internal network > security is not the risk. Plus, I believe (although, I'm not > sure) that if two of us both connected to their network, we > would be able to do whatever type of networking we wanted > between our two machines. > > Josh > > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
