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· Alan McKinnon <alan@××××××××××××××××.za>: |
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> On Sunday 16 September 2007, Alexander Skwar wrote: |
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>> · Balaviswanathan Vaidyanathan <vbnath1981@××××××××.in>: |
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>> > Hi all, |
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>> > This is to know how to block certain websites as I intend to set |
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>> > up a browsing centre based on Gentoo OS |
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>> Forget about it. There are far too many open proxies out |
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>> there, like my own at |
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>> <http://alexander.skwar.name/~askwar/stuff/proxy/> |
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> /me makes a mental note to bookmark this |
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Feel free to use it. No guarantees about performance, though ;) |
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> /me makes another note to buy Alexander a beer next time I go to Europe |
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> :-) |
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*g* Thanks. |
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One important thing to note, though. It's important to remember |
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that the proxy operator could easily sniff all the traffic that's |
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going through the proxy. The proxy needs to be able to read the |
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traffic. |
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Now, I swear that *I* am not going to log any traffic going |
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through my system. But you've gotta decide if you trust me... |
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On a larger note, exactly this question was the reason for the |
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recent "tor problem", cf. <http://www.derangedsecurity.com/time-to-reveal%e2%80%a6/> |
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or <http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/11/1730258>. |
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Cheers, |
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Alexander Skwar |
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PS: *LOL* My signature is random. I _swear_ :) |
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Simon: "I swear - when it's appropriate." |
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Kaylee: "Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate." |
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