28-Mar-02 at 10:35, Joe Cooper (joe@swelltech.com) wrote :
> Apparently the library site maintainer imagines that IP-based
> authentication provide some level of security. It doesn't and they're
> foolish for thinking it does, but you might have a hard time convincing
> them to fix it. Just bypass the proxy for that site (the one on port 80).
The great fun part is that the library site a local school is subscribed
to is subscribed with their proxy's IP, with IP based security. So the
whole school can now get at the library resource, rather than just from
one workstation in the library. IP security is a bonus for them :)
-- [Simon White. vim/mutt. simon@mtds.com. GIMPS:58.87% see www.mersenne.org] Note to experienced users: Please don't encourage anti-support behavior. Don't try to answer questions from users who don't provide the necessary information. Guessing what they did is an incredible waste of time. (DJB) [Arbitrary quotes signature rotation, a simple bash script by Simon White]Received on Thu Mar 28 2002 - 11:57:42 MST
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