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Article: 13748 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Path: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu!watsun.cc.columbia.edu!jaltman
From: jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Kermit-95 Socks
Date: 30 Sep 2002 09:52:12 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <an8hi1$9od$2@blue.rahul.net>, <dold@32.usenet.us.com> wrote:
: those who know me have no need of my name <not-a-real-address@usa.net> wrote:
:
: > if that's the problem (and it seems it is) then it seems that k95 is
: > presenting a sub-optimal failure message.
:
: Unfortunately, it seems to be a crossing of rev levels.
: The Kermit SOCKS is 4.2. If the SOCKS-5 server is returning an error
: message, it may be something unexpected by Kermit, although I suppose it
: could say that the problem is in SOCKS somewhere.
4.2 and 5.0 are incompatible protocols. Its like connecting to a telnet
server with an ssh client.
: An annoying side effect of this is snooping.
: Shortly after I made the adjustment, adding a SOCKS-5 driver, the sysadmin
: asked me what "rahul.net" was. Later, he noticed that I wasn't able to
: reach a web site (the SOCKS driver was supposed to overlook Internet
: Explorer, letting http go through a different set of proxy nonsense).
: So now, I think the next step will be subliminal enforcement of the notice
: "corporate networks are only supposed to be used for business".
the whole purpose of authorization gateways such as SOCKS is to enforce
restrictions on the use of the network for a specific set of purposes
and to ensure that only approved data is transfered out of the network.
you must assume that every connection you make is being logged along
with the content that you are sending. if privacy is important to you
then you must begin to encrypt your connections.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer Kermit 95 2.0 GUI available now!!!
The Kermit Project @ Columbia University SSH, Secure Telnet, Secure FTP, HTTP
http://www.kermit-project.org/ Secured with MIT Kerberos, SRP, and
kermit-support@columbia.edu OpenSSL.