Jeff,

I can't seem to post messages from my office. Not sure if it's because my company server is blocking access since I have the same problem with Yahoo mail.

That's why I haven't been active on this board lately. Didn't have this problem with the older forum though.

Interesting..... Your System Admin Guys are bad boys, they even filter websites. Maybe sites that contain "game".

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do u get any specific error message or symptom? can u see the posts and other stuff in this forum? or you can't access this site at all?

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CK Au (jack208)
Boardgame Meetup photos at Flickr
Angkor Wat blog

At home on MC now... hehehe....

I've given up trying to post from office. Trying a new trick now by having the forum send new messages to my e-mail. Not sure if that will work but worth a try.

It will work, but when you try to unsubscribe, you can't
Jeff, remember I told you I have unsubscribe the e-mail feature? Well, I'm still getting e-mails for new messages.

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LoStBoYz:

It will work, but when you try to unsubscribe, you can't
Jeff, remember I told you I have unsubscribe the e-mail feature? Well, I'm still getting e-mails for new messages.

you heard of the song "Hotel California" or not?

Relax said the nightman
We are programed to receive
You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave

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CK Au (jack208)
Boardgame Meetup photos at Flickr
Angkor Wat blog

Sort of like the mafia?? Once you're in, you're in??

Managed to solve my posting problem..... Due to some adept spywork, I managed to get an alternate DNS setting which effectively bypasses some of the server protection.... can post from office again.... bwahahaha....

dave:

Managed to solve my posting problem..... Due to some adept spywork, I managed to get an alternate DNS setting which effectively bypasses some of the server protection.... can post from office again.... bwahahaha....

so in other words, you saying you can surf porn sites at work now? Hmm... interesting.

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CK Au (jack208)
Boardgame Meetup photos at Flickr
Angkor Wat blog

Alternated DNS setting???? Hmmmm...... What kind of security/firewall your sys admin put up???
Just change DNS and you can surf porn???? Wow.......or you pakat with your Sys Admin and he gave you something that you're not suppose to have...???

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The ways of my IS department is hard to fathom....

dave:

...I managed to get an alternate DNS setting which effectively bypasses some of the server protection....

wait, wait, what does that mean in simple english? malenglish also can.

aanemesis:

dave:

...I managed to get an alternate DNS setting which effectively bypasses some of the server protection....

wait, wait, what does that mean in simple english? malenglish also can.

In simple English?

Can surf to _ _ _ _ site.

(fill in your own 4-letter word above)

 

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CK Au (jack208)
Boardgame Meetup photos at Flickr
Angkor Wat blog

I can't explain it in simple english becos I don't understand how it works as well. I just changed the numbers in a little box called DNS and voila, I'm able to post on this forum again.....

Ok let me try.

The dummy guide to nose-bleed on the office Internet

1. In each network card (be it wired or wireless), you need to specify where it's connecting to, usually an office server but sometimes direct to a router. A router is a device that connects your LAN (internal network) to the Internet (external).

In an office setup, you point your network card (NIC) to a server but in your home, you usually point it to a router/modem.

2. The settings you can set are IP, Gateway and DNS. DNS = Dynamic Name Servers. The IP is basically an identifier for your NIC. Something like an IC to identify you uniquely.

The Gateway is where you want your NIC to point to. This is usually the router. Think of it as your gateway to surf. The IP and Gateway usu are quite standard. The trick to controlling what you can and cannot do is the DNS.

3. Every single domain name you type for eg www.latinos.com sorry... I mean www.boardgamecafe.net, some servers have to translate the domain into 4-set numbers like 225.24.32.44 (this is what we call IP address) in order to know where the website for that domain is located. These servers are call "Name Servers". Your NIC needs to connect to one of these name servers for domain resolution.

Usually in a corporate office like Dave's, everyone is directed to point their DNS setting to the office server to resolve domain names. This also allows their IT dept to monitor outgoing and incoming Internet traffic flow and block/ban certain websites if they so wish to for eg the latinos one above.

Usu. IT will use spam-filtering to block ie. they use patterns and content ratings to block rather than by individual domain names.

Therefore by making your NIC connect to the office server, IT can control where you can surf to for eg blocking out Yahoo mails so that JobsDb had a harder time reaching you (hehe).

4. The loophole? However all Internet provider like TMNet provides their own DNS too. For TM it is 202.188.0.133 which will help do your domain resolution. For your home use, you'll prob be connecting to this DNS.

In an office environment, the office server is also connected to 202.188.0.133 but since you connect to the Internet via the office server, the "block" is made by the office server.

Now you can bypass this by setting your DNS to point to 202.188.0.133 (if you are using TMNet) and therefore bypass the security check on the office server... and whoila, latinos are back!

What Long (lostboyz) is surprised is that Dave's office did not provide a clampdown on this simple bypass.

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To summarize: Dave can surf porn now.

 

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CK Au (jack208)
Boardgame Meetup photos at Flickr
Angkor Wat blog

Now I know who to call when my computer goes kablooie......