Comments on: Web proxy stupidity http://blog.xcski.com/2005/01/20/web-proxy-stupidity Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:58:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: rich http://blog.xcski.com/2005/01/20/web-proxy-stupidity#comment-528 rich Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=427#comment-528 Of course, 'ssh -D' is your friend. :-) Of course, ’ssh -D’ is your friend. :-)

]]> By: Gustaf Erikson http://blog.xcski.com/2005/01/20/web-proxy-stupidity#comment-529 Gustaf Erikson Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=427#comment-529 Obviously, the people responsible for the block remember the Swinging Sixties and the British music invasion of the Beatles and the Stones... Obviously, the people responsible for the block
remember the Swinging Sixties and the British music
invasion of the Beatles and the Stones…

]]> By: &rw http://blog.xcski.com/2005/01/20/web-proxy-stupidity#comment-530 &rw Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=427#comment-530 Smells like a runaway OrangeBox/ProVentia URL-filter, I've seen the exact same mis-categorization today. Smells like a runaway OrangeBox/ProVentia URL-filter, I’ve seen the exact same mis-categorization today.

]]> By: Chris http://blog.xcski.com/2005/01/20/web-proxy-stupidity#comment-531 Chris Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=427#comment-531 We have a similar system at work. Here the default rule appears to be porn and not music. Very interesting if you go to a electronics site and find that it is blocked due to porn..... Makes me think about the competence of some of the IT people in the world. But, what can we expect? The guys that knows something don't implement stuff like firewall rules. We have a similar system at work. Here the default rule appears to be porn and not music. Very interesting if you go to a electronics site and find that it is blocked due to porn…..

Makes me think about the competence of some of the IT people in the world. But, what can we expect? The guys that knows something don’t implement stuff like firewall rules.

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