Dan Cameron - Latest Comments in How could they do this to me? at Scattered

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alex — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:01:05 -0000

Hey, you're welcome. Let me know how it turns out.

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Dan — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:58:22 -0000

Well now I know who Alex is, he originally came for the Gallery integration. Hope you stay, thanks Alex.

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Dan — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:55:27 -0000

That is so awesome. I have no idea who Alex is or were he came from but what a great comment. This has to go done as the most serious comment from a new reader ever.

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alex — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:10:39 -0000

Um, as someone who works in telecom, I can (sorta) understand the reasoning behind them wanting you all to use IE to access the internet. It probably is not so much to use IE as to have all of you follow 'the standards'. However, you should be able to find a solution...

I work in a bank with 10.000 users - all of them using IE to go onto the net. This is because :
- several inhouse apps were designed only with IE in mind (a big mistake if you ask me)
- it's more integrated with windows, can be configured remotely via a proxy.pac
- they can re-use your network login from your pc to authenticate you to the proxy (with IE this is usually done via NTLM authentication), so you only have to type your pasword once when you login, and it is then re-used.
- it's easier to support one browser instead of 5 different ones.

Probably, if this didn't happen before, they also want you to pass via the proxy they setup - this can substantially lower data throughput on the line as the proxies cache data from websites that are visited by more than one person. Also, you can pipe all the data through an antivirus/antispyware scanner for webpages. This also protects you better.

However, you should not worry overmuch. Unless you have particularly vicious sysadmins (which happens) you can usually find out the proxy settings set in IE and plug those into Firefox. Recent versions of Firefox all can do NTLM authentication just fine. You just have to enter your network id and password once you go to the internet.

We also have IE as a standard, and the only thing I use it for is the corporate intranet - anything else is Firefox.

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nstryker — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 01:46:18 -0000

you keep guessing and jared never tells you and laughs at his own geeky superiority.

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JaredB — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 01:41:06 -0000

Sorry, I just didn't have a chance to reply back again yet. Yes, I was using Lynx (in an SSH session) on a Linux server in Amsterdam.

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Dan — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:34:30 -0000

Do i just keep guessing untill I get it right?

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Dan — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:58:04 -0000

ssh?

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JaredB — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:20:52 -0000

Although I do occasionally use proxy servers, that time I didn't. This will be a fun game - if you want to keep guessing.

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Dan — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:54:08 -0000

Then your using a proxy.

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JaredB — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:16:57 -0000

Maybe I will write up an article about it someday; until then it might be a fun "educational" experiment to try on your own.
P.S. - If you check the IP on this comment, you will see that I am in Amsterdam right now.

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Dan — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:49:38 -0000

Yes, I will find a way. I already have a semi-solution to the email blocking, Exchange.

How do you use the ip from home? Tunnel? Remote desktop? I use RD all the time.

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JaredB — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:24:57 -0000

Dan, you will figure out a way around it, I'm sure. As long as there is even one port open to the outside (it can be anything: FTP, or even a non-standard high port; whatever) you can have access to the outside world due to the magic of SSH tunneling.

For example, you will notice that the IP address for this comment is my home IP, but I am sitting at my desk at work right now.

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nstryker — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:45:19 -0000

that's just insanity. we're considering installing firefox as the default browser in all our systems, but will wait for at least the 1.1 version. what's with it guys that think their facists?