From owner-freebsd-security Tue May 18 3:29:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mail-gw2.pacbell.net (mail-gw2.pacbell.net [206.13.28.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 747DB1545F for ; Tue, 18 May 1999 03:29:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wellsian@caffeine.com) Received: from smartypants.caffeine.com. (adsl-209-233-24-51.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [209.233.24.51]) by mail-gw2.pacbell.net (8.8.8/8.7.1+antispam) with ESMTP id DAA02014 for ; Tue, 18 May 1999 03:29:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 03:26:05 -0700 (PDT) From: wellsian To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: network scan? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > > Just to make sure I'm getting this right - you're saying China > > > > has a censored internet gateway (i.e. blocking *something* [what > > > > exactly ?] ), but they do allow connections to ports 1080, 3128 > > > > and 8080 ? > > > > > > They block access to sites, not to ports. In particular, sites that > > > carry capitalist misinformation, or what we in the free world call > > > "news." > > > > Hmm, but who can tell where EXACTLY *they* are trying to go to ? As in, > > can you see things like 'www.abc.com' and such ? Or is more like > > along the lines of www.max-XXX.org - you get the idea ? > > Not unless you have a proxy up, no. But I do see where you're going. > My response *must* be "Get your mind out of the gutter (so mine can > float by.)" ;^) As I understand it they're using transparent proxies. Could be big inktomi iron, alteon, or just some fbsd boxes. They can do anything from simple blocking to re-routing users to "cleansed" versions of otherwise objectionable sites. Cnn might start to get interesting after censors had their way. :) And the users never have to know... (Sure, someone would figure it out but would the masses care or understand?) Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message