Re: Free HTTPS tunnel: Calling for beta testers

chilly8@hotmail.com wrote in news:1133657445.027227.272240
@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

>
> Wilfred Nilsen wrote:
>> The Barracuda HTTPS tunnel allows you to encrypt arbitrary TCP
>> connections inside SSL. The HTTPS tunnel allows you to secure non-SSL
>> aware services such as TELNET, FTP, VNC, etc., by having the HTTPS
>> tunnel provide the encryption. The HTTPS tunnel can also be used, for
>> example, to tunnel traffic out from behind a restrictive
firewall/proxy
>> that only allows outgoing HTTPS web connections.
>>
>> http://barracudaserver.com/examples/BarracudaDrive/HttpsTunnel/
>
> Something like that is not that difficult to do. The figure skater
> in
> Novosibirsk, Russia, that I chat with, uses something akin to that
> from work, so she can log on to our figure skating coverage, and the
> admins at her workplace in Novosibirsk cannot figure out what she
> is up to. THey would know she is making encrypted connections
> to various proxy addresses all over the world, but her employer
> in Novosbirsk, where she works when not competing on the
> international circuit, cannot figure out what she is up to because
> the traffic is encrypted.
> Services like yours are very valuable ti people who might like
> to sneak on and get the latest action from their favourite
> sporting event. The boss knows you are up to something, but
> would never be able to find out WHAT.
>
>

The fact that she was all over the Internet would be a clue that she was
not doing her job. Anyone with half a brain could figure that out and
directly approach her as to what she was up to.

Duane :)
Received on Sun Dec 11 14:24:09 2005