Re: Totpark (Was New "worst nightmare" for network admins)

In message <4nkajbFa95bqU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sebastian Gottschalk
<seppi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

DevilsPGD wrote:

In message <1158882714.641022.82580@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
chilly8@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

X-No-Archive: Yes

Got something to hide?

Huh? Only fools would think that Google wouldn't archive such a posting
instead of simply not displaying it, or that Google would be the only
instance who archives certain newsgroups. Actually one could think that
Google is simply dumb to offer such a useless feature, which simply
restricts their own database.

Regardless of whether Google archives it (I believe they do), it does
prevent his employer, family, friends, etc from looking up his words
down the road.

My present employers know this alias, and are free to read up whatever I
post. My contributions to their own mailing lists, and third party
mailing lists is what got me the job (and yes, I was an *** there
too)

What makes you think Tor is any harder to block then anything else on
the network?

Because the TOR protocol has essentially no characteristics?

Sure it does. It's lack of characteristics is it's characteristic.
Unless there is anything else that fits the profile that is needed by
the business, it gets blocked by default. 99% of office users won't
even notice that anything other then HTTP is blocked, and those that
notice can make a case for additional access.

For the record, I consider "listening to music" as a business need if it
increases employee productivity. Personally, I download one of my
favourite TV shows and watch it while I work daily -- Does it hurt my
productivity? Maybe... But I use that time for brainless parts of my
job, and then I tend to work through lunch.

I also read usenet, slashdot, and do personal email on company time.
'course when my boss wants to know about something happening in our
field, I'm up to date without doing the research. I'm the "If nobody
knows what the hell this customer is talking about, ask DevilsPGD" guy.

So that's just my two cents worth. If a network admin wants to detect
it, the fact that it doesn't match another known traffic pattern will
make it stand out to any IDS.

--
Getting married for sex is like buying a 747 for the free peanuts
-- Jeff Foxworthy
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