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[Jim Lynch]

They've got our proxy servers all screwed up after the worm attacks of
recent days so ssh and other utilities quit working.  I can't update my
Debian system any longer.

I guess I'll mosey out to California and scream at them. Or worse.  8)

"Robert L. Harris" wrote:
> 
> Any chance you can ssh to a home machine?  That's what I do.  Works
> well, keeps any IRC chatter off the network, doesn't expose the company
> to any attacks from kiddies, etc.
> 
> Thus spake Jim Lynch (jwl at sgi.com):
> 
> > It doesn't work out of the box or I wouldn't have asked.
> >
> > Not a chance of the admins granting exceptions.  They are droids 'just
> > doing their job' and not risking it.  With 25% reductions in staff each
> > quarter, no one is going to give up anything.  8(  I may not have to
> > worry about it come the end of the quarter.  8)
> >
> > Jim.
> >
> > Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 03 September 2003 08:58, Jim Lynch wrote:
> > > > I'm behind a firewall.  Anyone know how to configure irc to work?  Or is
> > > > it not possible?
> > >
> > > Who controls the firewall? Many admins block the IRC default port range to
> > > prevent IRC based trojans (which are rather common) from phoning home.
> > > Generally, exceptions can be made for savvy users on a per machine basis.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jonathan Rickman
> > > X Corps Security
> > > http://www.xcorps.net
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