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  • Moscow Mule
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    Originally posted by TheBigYinJames View Post
    chicken and coleslaw sandwiches.
    Unbeatable combination...

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  • TheBigYinJames
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    Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
    So check it in at the gate, and go and read your messages on your way to avail yourself of the subsidised canteen...
    On that topic, I've found MoD subbed canteens have some weird ideas about cuisine..... the last one I was at was very fond of such things as chicken and coleslaw sandwiches.

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  • Moscow Mule
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    Originally posted by TheBigYinJames View Post
    They're not allowed on *some* MoD sites.
    So check it in at the gate, and go and read your messages on your way to avail yourself of the subsidised canteen...

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  • moorfield
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    Or you could try running psiphon on a home pc ....

    http://psiphon.civisec.org/

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  • TheBigYinJames
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    Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
    Get a blackberry.
    They're not allowed on *some* MoD sites.

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  • Moscow Mule
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    Originally posted by TheBigYinJames View Post
    If I was abusing it to download torrents or other binaries or something, fair enough, I'd deserve it. Checking my webmail headers.... I'll take my chances. They need to blacklist protocols not domains.
    Get a blackberry.

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  • TheBigYinJames
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    Originally posted by DaveB View Post
    Deliberately bypassing client security measures is one of the best ways going to get yourself escorted off site on the spot.
    If I was abusing it to download torrents or other binaries or something, fair enough, I'd deserve it. Checking my webmail headers.... I'll take my chances. They need to blacklist protocols not domains.

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  • DaveB
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    Originally posted by TheBigYinJames View Post
    Well... a lot of firewall restrictions are not for any good reason and use a big vague brush to curtail your browsing. ClientCo at the moment allows Google Maps, but not the CSS file for that page.



    That's true, and they're dead cheap these days. Unfortunately a lot of palces, especially MoD clients, don't allow you to bring or use your own tech on site.
    Doesn't matter if you think there is no good reason, the client obviously does other wise they wouldn't have implemented it. Deliberately bypassing client security measures is one of the best ways going to get yourself escorted off site on the spot. Not to mention that if you do manage it and end up causing a real problem such as a trojan infection or other compromise of client systems you could be looking at some serious liability issues. Not worth it.

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  • ThisAndThat
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    Thanks the BigYin for the ideas. Yes on certain sites you are not allowed any mobiles switched on, so that dongle idea is not poss.

    I will have a play later (at home).

    Cheers

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  • TheBigYinJames
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    FFS
    Are you looking for a quick way to jump the contract termination queues?
    Well... a lot of firewall restrictions are not for any good reason and use a big vague brush to curtail your browsing. ClientCo at the moment allows Google Maps, but not the CSS file for that page.

    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    Why not just get a 3G dongle/card for a laptop or similar and bypass the clients network completely?
    Safe and easy.
    That's true, and they're dead cheap these days. Unfortunately a lot of palces, especially MoD clients, don't allow you to bring or use your own tech on site.

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  • DimPrawn
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    FFS

    Are you looking for a quick way to jump the contract termination queues?

    Why not just get a 3G dongle/card for a laptop or similar and bypass the clients network completely?

    Safe and easy.

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  • TheBigYinJames
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    Originally posted by ThisAndThat View Post
    ..that I need to read a website but my browser does not run javaScript (as it is a corporate blocked/locked down).

    However, I do have a webserver that can run PERL. So, stupid question and I'm sure there is an easy answer somewhere but what I need to do is have a webpage on my server, running a PERL script (perhaps) that allows me to remotely access the second website via my own server. So, my server will read the pages and present it to me in plain vanilla HTML - right?

    It's been a while since I did this kind of thing so just being lazy really.

    Any ideas or hints please?

    Thanks

    I've written just this very thing for the very same reason (I wont give out the URL cos people will use it and my server will die)

    I GET the webpage given by the URL passed in as a parameter
    I parse it out and insert the base URL into things like images, css, JS includes file SRCs
    I change links in the HTML to pass via my script

    It doesn't catch everything, and some javascript will still break due to the lax way it's written, but it's not that hard, and will get past your firewall restrictions UNTIL the nosy admin blacklists your site too.

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  • ThisAndThat
    started a topic Just suppose..

    Just suppose..

    ..that I need to read a website but my browser does not run javaScript (as it is a corporate blocked/locked down).

    However, I do have a webserver that can run PERL. So, stupid question and I'm sure there is an easy answer somewhere but what I need to do is have a webpage on my server, running a PERL script (perhaps) that allows me to remotely access the second website via my own server. So, my server will read the pages and present it to me in plain vanilla HTML - right?

    It's been a while since I did this kind of thing so just being lazy really.

    Any ideas or hints please?

    Thanks
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