July 31, 2006

The Surf At Work Page...

Just when I was starting to think that there was nothing good on digg anymore I came across this post about "How to Bypass Firewall Restrictions A.K.A. The Surf At Work Page". This is great stuff. The point of this paper is to explain the use of encrypted tunneling as a means of getting through a Firewall or filtered environment. The paper was originally written in 2002 and last updated in March of 2006 but the principles[ that are put forward here are all correct all still work. All Firewall Admins should read this paper. This is the type of stuff that can get through your Firewalls and filters.

July 04, 2006

Breaking the Great Firewall of China?

CNet dot com reports that a group of computer experts have broken the Firewalls used by the Chinese government to restrict IP traffic going in and out of the country. Interestingly enough the attack is launched from the outside. To their additional credit the team from the University of Cambridge reported their findings to the Chinese Computer Emergency Response Team.