On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/6/30 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > All you need is a friend in the uk who doesn't mind you setting up a > squid > > server on their linux box. Then vpn to their box and point your browser > to > > their squid server which will drag down the programs. > > Why do you need a VPN? Can't you just use FoxyProxy, for instance, to > tell your browser to pull BBC only (or even just the blocked URL's on > BBC's web site) through the proxy, but everything else to be accessed > directly? > > That's similar to what I did at work - I setup a protected proxy on > our DMZ for other purposes but use it also to browse from our faster > link. FoxyProxy allows me to avoid using the proxy when accessing > internal web sites which the DMZ proxy isn't going to work with. > > So what's the advantage of a VPN over that? You have a corp proxy in your DMZ, which allows connections from teh interwebs, and blindly allows people to leech through your corporate connection? > > > Cheers, > > --Amos > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > -- There is nothing more worthy of contempt than a man who quotes himself - Zhasper, 2004 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
