[olug] anonymizer

[Ryan O'Rourke]

I guess I should have clarified that. I was using the University of
Cambridge/ATT VNC (http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/)

I believe TightVNC is what comes with the RedHat distribution now.

-- Ryan


On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 12:11, Nate Rotschafer wrote:
> Try TightVNC (www.tightvnc.com)...it is VNC with compression and works 
> pretty well over a 30KB/sec upload from a cable modem from cox...
> 
> Nate
> 
> >From: "Ryan O'Rourke" <ryano at ch-gifts.com>
> >Reply-To: olug at olug.org
> >To: olug at olug.org
> >Subject: Re: [olug] anonymizer
> >Date: 14 Jan 2003 10:38:15 -0600
> >
> >Although this is a cool idea, and just plain fun to do, I've tried the
> >VNC approach in the past using a fair ammount of bandwidth (T1 on the
> >office end and a 512 DSL line on the home end). It technically worked
> >okay, but was painfully slow.
> >VNC on a LAN -- cool
> >VNC over the Internet -- you'll want to pull your hair out.
> >
> >-- Ryan
> >
> >On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 08:27, Jay Swackhamer wrote:
> > > How about just using VNC on the machine at home?
> > > Then no http requests come from the local browser, all originate
> > > from your home PC.
> > >
> > > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 11:06:07PM -0600, Daniel Pfile wrote:
> > > >> If ssh is allowed, maybe you can set up an ssh tunnel to your home
> > > >> machine and config your browser to use a proxy sitting on that (like
> > > >> squid, or one of the ad blocker ones). I used to use ssh listening on
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > That is what I use now.  In fact right now I am typing this over an 
> >ssh
> > > > session.  I can use lynx to get to most pages.  I was just thinking
> > > > about setting up the personal anonymizer to see if it could be done.  
> >I
> > > > know better than to do something stupid.  Anyway I just think it is 
> >fun
> > > > to know ways around controls.
> > > >
> > > > -Jon W
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