[Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Pothuraju, Naga Deepak
Hi Team I am trying to overcome the blocked access in my office somehow as I think the security restrictions have gone too far to carry on my daily activities. Here is the scenario. I cannot access any email sites, IM sites, entertainment sites from my office. The setup as far as I understood i

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Abishek Goda
> I am trying to overcome the blocked access in my office somehow as I think > the security restrictions have gone too far to carry on my daily activities. > Here is the scenario. I cannot access any email sites, IM sites, > entertainment sites from my office. The setup as far as I understood is

RE: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Pothuraju, Naga Deepak
> Seriously, if it blocked the sys admins should have a reason to. It makes sense for them to block it as there are few other secure projects running from the same location. And I guess it's the same issue with every corporate office. Having said that, I still want to understand the setup they h

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/09/2010 02:05 PM, Pothuraju, Naga Deepak wrote: > Hi Team > > I am trying to overcome the blocked access in my office somehow as I think > the security restrictions have gone too far to carry on my daily activities. > This is a non-technical dispute and working around it is likely a con

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Abishek Goda
> This is a non-technical dispute and working around it is likely a > contract violation and you can terminated for doing so.   Regardless of > the feasibility of such solutions, I would have to ask you and everyone > to refrain from this path.  Posting about this in a public mailing list > with ar

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Shiv Deepak
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Pothuraju, Naga Deepak < naga-deepak.pothur...@capgemini.com> wrote: OMG.. OP is using his company email id.. :o Hi Team > > I am trying to overcome the blocked access in my office somehow as I think > the security restrictions have gone too far to carry on my dail

RE: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Arun Kumar
> -Original Message- > From: ilugc-boun...@ae.iitm.ac.in [mailto:ilugc-boun...@ae.iitm.ac.in] On > Behalf Of Pothuraju, Naga Deepak > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 2:17 PM > To: ILUG-C > Subject: RE: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office > Seriously, if it blocked the sys admins s

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Raja Subramanian
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Pothuraju, Naga Deepak wrote: >> Seriously, if it blocked the sys admins should have a reason to. > It makes sense for them to block it as there are few other secure projects > running from the same location. And I guess it's the same issue with every > corporate

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Vamsee Kanakala
Pothuraju, Naga Deepak wrote: Hi Team I am trying to overcome the blocked access in my office somehow as I think the security restrictions have gone too far to carry on my daily activities. Alright, I'll try not to sermonize why posting something like this from a company mail id is a Very Ve

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 09 June 2010 15:29:11 Vamsee Kanakala wrote: > > I am trying to overcome the blocked access in my office somehow as I > > think the security restrictions have gone too far to carry on my daily > > activities. > > Alright, I'll try not to sermonize why posting something like this from

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Vivek Rajagopalan
Pothuraju, Naga Deepak wrote: Hi Team I am trying to overcome the blocked access in my office somehow as I think the security restrictions have gone too far to carry on my daily activities. Have you tried this ? http://duckduckgo.com/?q=india+it+jobs&v= __

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Balaji Damodaran
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Vivek Rajagopalan wrote: > Pothuraju, Naga Deepak wrote: >> >> Hi Team >> >> I am trying to overcome the blocked access in my office somehow as I think >> the security restrictions have gone too far to carry on my daily activities. > > Have you tried this ? http://d

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 09 June 2010 15:49:21 Vivek Rajagopalan wrote: > Pothuraju, Naga Deepak wrote: > > Hi Team > > > > I am trying to overcome the blocked access in my office somehow as I > > think the security restrictions have gone too far to carry on my daily > > activities. > > Have you tried this ?

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Shiv Deepak
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Raja Subramanian wrote: > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Pothuraju, Naga Deepak > wrote: > >> Seriously, if it blocked the sys admins should have a reason to. > > It makes sense for them to block it as there are few other secure > projects running from the same lo

[Ilugc] Need iptables port forwarding

2010-06-09 Thread vellingiri
hai friends, I need port forwarding from one host to another host. Please anyone help me. Example: client ip : 192.168.6.82 server1 : 192.168.1.142 server2: 192.168.1.12 When I do ssh from 192.168.6.82 to r...@192.168.1.142, it has to redirect to 192.168.1.12. Is it possible? R

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Pothuraju, Naga Deepak wrote: > Hi Team > > I am trying to overcome the blocked access in my office somehow as I think > the security restrictions have gone too far to carry on my daily activities. > Here is the scenario. I cannot access any email sites, IM sites,

Re: [Ilugc] Need iptables port forwarding

2010-06-09 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:17 PM, vellingiri wrote: > hai friends, >   I need port forwarding from one host to another host. Please anyone help > me. > > Example: >   client ip : 192.168.6.82 >   server1 : 192.168.1.142 >   server2: 192.168.1.12 > >   When I do ssh from 192.168.6.82 to r...@192.168.

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Vamsee Kanakala
Balaji Damodaran wrote: That is not a email, IM or entertainment site. So he won't be interested :P and either ways, he'll ask you ways to crack the system to see the site. While I don't support his action in any way, let's not get sarcastic be hard on the chap - maybe just a kid who joined ri

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Balaji Damodaran
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Pothuraju, Naga Deepak > wrote: >> Hi Team >> >> I am trying to overcome the blocked access in my office somehow as I think >> the security restrictions have gone too far to carry on my daily activities

Re: [Ilugc] Need iptables port forwarding

2010-06-09 Thread vellingiri
Dear Girish, I have seen your posting ,but I need to do this in iptables. Thanks for your prompt response. How do it do that? Vellingiri. Girish Venkatachalam wrote: On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:17 PM, vellingiri wrote: hai friends, I need port forwarding from one host to another host.

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 09 June 2010 16:40:42 Balaji Damodaran wrote: > > So what if they fire you? Find another job. I got fired from every job > > for no fault of mine. Anyway lest us focus now. (Most likely they > > won't even know any of this) > > I have a question on morality issue here. My apologies if

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Abishek Goda
Hi, > Blocking what via ports? Run a security scanner like netcat or nmap or > nessus or nikto or hping. and how should you install it? if I know it right, then most corporates give you windows machines with the least privileges. In fact, the few things that work best in these installations are M

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread steve
Hi On 06/09/2010 04:27 PM, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Pothuraju, Naga Deepak wrote: Hi Team I am trying to overcome the blocked access in my office somehow as I think the security restrictions have gone too far to carry on my daily activities. [...snip...] T

[Ilugc] Generate thumbnails from videos

2010-06-09 Thread Venkatraman S
Hi, Say, a user uploads a video in my website, then how can i generate a thumbnail version of the video on the go? -V- http://twitter.com/venkasub ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Shiv Deepak
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Abishek Goda wrote: > Hi, > > > Blocking what via ports? Run a security scanner like netcat or nmap or > > nessus or nikto or hping. > > and how should you install it? if I know it right, then most > corporates give you windows machines with the least privileges. I

Re: [Ilugc] Generate thumbnails from videos

2010-06-09 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Venkatraman S wrote: > Hi, > > Say, a user uploads a video in my website, then how can i generate a > thumbnail version of the video on the go? > ImageMagick can do that. You can easily script it . netpbm tools are another option. You can take a snapshot of the v

Re: [Ilugc] Need iptables port forwarding

2010-06-09 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
Hey, Since you top post I will also follow suit. ;) iptables has nothing to do with ssh port forwarding. iptables will port forward without ssh. You can do port forwarding at IP level or with an application at layer 5/7 like ssh... -Girish On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:42 PM, vellingiri wrote: >

Re: [Ilugc] Generate thumbnails from videos

2010-06-09 Thread Venkatraman S
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Venkatraman S wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Say, a user uploads a video in my website, then how can i generate a > > thumbnail version of the video on the go? > > > > ImageMagic

Re: [Ilugc] Hats-off to FSF Industrial Training @ SSN

2010-06-09 Thread Baskar Selvaraj
> > > Special thanks to Welkin and others who had pulled me in. > > There are many programs waiting for you in the coming year to pull you in. S. Baskar CEO/LinuXpert Systems ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Vivek Rajagopalan
I really hope no one actually tries any of these at work, especially in companies with a competent IT/Security team. Blocking what via ports? Run a security scanner like netcat or nmap or nessus or nikto or hping. Running a vulnerability scanner against internal or external IP's from a cor

Re: [Ilugc] FSFTN: Industrial Training Report

2010-06-09 Thread Baskar Selvaraj
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > Hi, > > It will be nice if the team helps Mepco College, too. > > LinuXpert Systems has been associating with Mepco Schlenk Engg. college since 2009 beginning and has helped to migrate most of the computers to Fedora-11/12 (complete repository

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Manokaran K
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Pothuraju, Naga Deepak < naga-deepak.pothur...@capgemini.com> wrote: > Hi Team > > I am trying to overcome the blocked access in my office somehow as I think > the security restrictions have gone too far to carry on my daily > Be warned that you might already in t

Re: [Ilugc] FSFTN: Industrial Training Report

2010-06-09 Thread Guruprasad
Hi, On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Baskar Selvaraj wrote: > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> It will be nice if the team helps Mepco College, too. >> >> LinuXpert Systems has been associating with Mepco Schlenk Engg. college > since 2009 beginning and has helpe

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Salvadesswaran P.S.
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 14:05, Pothuraju, Naga Deepak wrote: > Hi Team > > I am trying to overcome the blocked access in my office somehow as I think > the security restrictions have gone too far to carry on my daily activities. > Here is the scenario. I cannot access any email sites, IM sites,

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Raja Subramanian
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > Rule? What rule? Why should you care about it? You can get around > every such rule if you are clever and know the big picture. And of > course you should have access to the right tool and have lot of > perseverance. Stop misleading ot

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Ravi Jaya
> Stop misleading others. Encouraging someone to break the rules > is immature and irresponsible. > > +1, Out of curiosity, I started read this thread. Found in mid way its going to one's life time to complete every one's reply better marked it for the weekend. :) -- Ravi Jaya Mobile: +91

Re: [Ilugc] Need iptables port forwarding

2010-06-09 Thread Arun Khan
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:17 PM, vellingiri wrote: >   I need port forwarding from one host to another host. Please anyone help > me. > > Example: >   client ip : 192.168.6.82 >   server1 : 192.168.1.142 >   server2: 192.168.1.12 > >   When I do ssh from 192.168.6.82 to r...@192.168.1.142, it has t

[Ilugc] Improvements from 2.6.30 to 2.6.34

2010-06-09 Thread Bharathi Subramanian
This article covers the Linux Kernel changes from 2.6.30 to 2.6.34. "Only yesterday it felt like the 2.6.30 kernel came out (June 9, 2009 - almost a year ago) and we are already up to 2.6.34 (May 17, 2010) with 2.6.35 patches waiting at the gate like an excited thoroughbred waiting at the post. Fro

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Prem Kurian Philip
> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Girish Venkatachalam > wrote: >> Rule? What rule? Why should you care about it? You can get around >> every such rule if you are clever and know the big picture. And of >> course you should have access to the right tool and have lot of >> perseverance. > > Stop m

[Ilugc] (no subject)

2010-06-09 Thread kannan krishnamurthy
Hi I have installed the astaro software (UTM) in my work place In my work as one of the VMs. Iam having 2 on board NIC's and one pci broadcom NIC total 3 NICs. In my work place we are having 5 different types of network say for example a) for full browsing (research systems (192.168.1.x)), b)

[Ilugc] Help require in configuring astaro

2010-06-09 Thread kannan krishnamurthy
Sorry i have not mentioned in my subject Hi I have installed the astaro software (UTM) in my work place In my work as one of the VMs. Iam having 2 on board NIC's and one pci broadcom NIC total 3 NICs. In my work place we are having 5 different types of network say for example a) for full brows

Re: [Ilugc] Generate thumbnails from videos

2010-06-09 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Venkatraman S wrote: >> >> ImageMagick can do that. >> >> > Someone suggested ffmeg [http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-doc.html ] > Have you done any comparison between the two in terms of performance(speed > and CRU load) ? ffmpeg is also a nice tool. It is usually mor

Re: [Ilugc] Generate thumbnails from videos

2010-06-09 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > ffmpeg is also a nice tool. It is usually more buggy when compared to > mencoder in the sense that it does not handle standards gracefully and > the quality of audio is usually poor. > > I dunno about i

[Ilugc] Pop Up not working with iptables DNAT rules

2010-06-09 Thread Arun Khan
I have a MPLS VPN setup connecting 3 locations, with one of the locations being the GW to the Internet (for all three locations). The GW has one public static IP with iptables FireWall (FW). SNAT handles outgoing connections to the Internet for all three locations (different private IP nets) Ther

RE: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Pothuraju, Naga Deepak
Well..you guys came really hard on me, but never mind cuz I was kind of expecting this as it happens frequently on this list. First of all let me make my intentions clear - It was to learn & not exactly to break/hack something that the company owns. You people should have answered the question &

Re: [Ilugc] Generate thumbnails from videos

2010-06-09 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
I generally stay away from "asking for help" unless I need it. And do not recommend people doing it. It is good to get help once in a while from others but if we rely too much on it instead of using our intellect and our personal experience, then it hurts our confidence and ability and of course

Re: [Ilugc] Generate thumbnails from videos

2010-06-09 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
I hope I was clear. I meant that going to the Net for help in the form of mailing lists, forums and so on is useful only after we do our homework and are really sure that we have run out of options. -Girish On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > I generally stay away fr

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/10/2010 10:52 AM, Pothuraju, Naga Deepak wrote: > Well..you guys came really hard on me, but never mind cuz I was kind of > expecting this as it happens frequently on this list. First of all let me > make my intentions clear - It was to learn & not exactly to break/hack > something that th

Re: [Ilugc] Generate thumbnails from videos

2010-06-09 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Thursday 10 June 2010 11:05:03 Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > I meant that going to the Net for help in the form of mailing lists, > forums and so on is useful only after we do our homework and > are really sure that we have run out of options. > different people have different learning process

[Ilugc] how to send mutiple gpointers from g_signal_connect

2010-06-09 Thread Prabhu Gnana Sundar
I have been working on a project to develop a test bed. I am creating a GUI using Gtk programming. Here now I am required to read inputs from multiple Gtk Entries and process them on a click of a Gtk Button. But I am unable to find how to send multiple gpointers through g_signal_connect. Please

Re: [Ilugc] Pop Up not working with iptables DNAT rules

2010-06-09 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > I have a MPLS VPN setup connecting 3 locations, with one of the > locations being the GW to the Internet (for all three locations). > The GW has one public static IP with iptables FireWall (FW). > > SNAT handles outgoing connections to the Inter

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Thursday 10 June 2010 10:52:47 Pothuraju, Naga Deepak wrote: > 'Ethical Hacking'! > there is no such thing as ethical hacking - which is a term invented by one of the biggest conmen in the Indian software scene for the sole purpose of promoting himself. There is hacking - which we do. And cr

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Roshan Mathews
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:52, Pothuraju, Naga Deepak wrote: > Well..you guys came really hard on me, but never mind cuz I was kind of > expecting this as it happens frequently on this list. First of all let me > make my intentions clear - It was to learn & not exactly to break/hack > something

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Shrinivasan T
Friends, The OP wants a "how-to document" on cracking the corporate security systems. we are not going to provide any assistance on this. He is not willing to hear advices and suggestions. :-) Shall we stop here? Thanks. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My experiences with Linux are here http://

Re: [Ilugc] Pop Up not working with iptables DNAT rules

2010-06-09 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > I have a MPLS VPN setup connecting 3 locations, with one of the > locations being the GW to the Internet (for all three locations). > The GW has one public static IP with iptables FireWall (FW). > > SNAT handles outgoing connections to the Inter

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Salvadesswaran P.S.
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:20, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > there is no such thing as ethical hacking - which is a term invented by one of > the biggest conmen in the Indian software scene for the sole purpose of > promoting himself. There is hacking - which we do. And cracking which we frown > up

Re: [Ilugc] Breaking blocked access in my office

2010-06-09 Thread Akilan R
> Organizations don't arbitrarily create rules. They are made because > of 1) govt compliance regulations, 2) IT security policies enforced > by their customers, and 3) industry best practices. > Not necessarily so. In India they are created out of ignorance or arrogance on the part of network ad

Re: [Ilugc] Pop Up not working with iptables DNAT rules

2010-06-09 Thread Vivek Rajagopalan
Arun Khan wrote: I have a MPLS VPN setup connecting 3 locations, with one of the locations being the GW to the Internet (for all three locations). The GW has one public static IP with iptables FireWall (FW). 400 Bad Request Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request. You indi

Re: [Ilugc] Generate thumbnails from videos

2010-06-09 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Thursday 10 June 2010 11:05:03 Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > > I meant that going to the Net for help in the form of mailing lists, > > forums and so on is useful only after we do our homework and > > are really sure that we have run

Re: [Ilugc] Pop Up not working with iptables DNAT rules

2010-06-09 Thread Arun Khan
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Vivek Rajagopalan wrote: >> >> 400 Bad Request >> Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request. >> >> >> > > You indicate everything works fine if the page has no popup windows. > So your network seems to be okay. The error seems to indicate a client s

Re: [Ilugc] Generate thumbnails from videos

2010-06-09 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/10/2010 12:12 PM, Venkatraman S wrote: > finally HTML5 which > has a cool fileupload drag-drop interface and many more. Hope you get the > point. > Don't understand what you are referring to? HTML5 doesn't define any such interface. It might have tags but I don't understand the referenc

Re: [Ilugc] Pop Up not working with iptables DNAT rules

2010-06-09 Thread Raja Subramanian
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > The above strategy is working for services that are on Linux (Apache) > without pop up windows but not on services with pop up. The popup may be redirecting you to a different tcp port. Eg. http://IP:80 would redirect the popup page to http://

Re: [Ilugc] Generate thumbnails from videos

2010-06-09 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 06/10/2010 12:12 PM, Venkatraman S wrote: > > finally HTML5 which > > has a cool fileupload drag-drop interface and many more. Hope you get the > > point. > > > > Don't understand what you are referring to? HTML5 doesn't define any > s