It now appears that they've fixed the quota system, and much to my distress they appear to have updated the quotas to reflect the bandwidth used while the accounting was offline. This means that I now have a negative balance in the bandwidth bank and will not be able to make any connections until it becomes positive again.

The university HTTP proxy, though, does not count toward your bandwidth account, and I can still use that fine. I have noticed some programs (other than web browsers) have the ability to use HTTP proxies, and this has got me to thinking: Does anyone know of any programs one can install which will redirect connections that programs are attempting to make through a web proxy server?

edit: I think the reason for having the "free" HTTP proxy and the other NAT with bandwidth accounts was so that people didn't waste their bandwidth just surfing the web.

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When 1337 hax0rs start impaling each other with swords and typing code with a hook on one hand, then they can modify the term "pirate."

This message has been edited by Observer on August 07, 2001 at 09:59 AM

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Here's how you can do it:

1. Get A4Proxy - shareware - and set it up to use the proxy whenever possible. That should cover your HTTP/FTP for sure.

2. Build a hardware firewall. A much better option. Get a 486 box and break out the < FreeSCO > if you need a simple one - and then tell it to always use the proxy you specify. Then all your connections will be routed through that, thereby removing that asinine cap on your account.

Good luck!

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Originally posted by CowboyNeal:
"No shit" is called constipation, and let me tell you--it's not something you want to try, even once! Just remembering the morning after last thanksgiving dinner makes me go crosseyed again...it was like giving birth to a manatee!

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This message has been edited by WillyPete on August 08, 2001 at 06:18 AM

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Originally posted by L33T_h4x0r_d00d:
What kind of fucked up universities are you going to that have to cap bandwidth?

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University of Waterloo - the number one source for pirated software in Canada. When you pile a few thousand CS students in a dorm and give them multiple T3s ... many of the large-scale warez groups have tons of members in there.

Needless to say, that munches the bandwidth somewhat severely.

Trying to get something like this to work has not so far proven successful, though i'm not sure why:

While MSN messenger can connect just fine and dandy through the web proxy, trillian cannot use it at all (though it has the option to). Even for connecting to msn (which I find very strange, same protocol after all).

A4proxy i pointed at the web cache, and telling web browsers to use that works, although telling other stuff to connect to a4proxy (irc clients, trillian) doesn't work either..

I'm sure there's something i'm overlooking here.

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Originally posted by The_Stomper:
University of Waterloo - the number one source for pirated software in Canada.

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Ya! I got a lot of stuff for my C64 years ago from their ftp servers.

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When 1337 hax0rs start impaling each other with swords and typing code with a hook on one hand, then they can modify the term "pirate."

Bans napster via the amazing blockage of version 7 and above.

DKB inserts zip disk with version 5 on it and away i go.

As for bandwidth restrictions it's just kept at about 800k/sec max and not allowed to go above that i guess. With 900 pcs on just the library network i guess that might be the best route to take.

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Violence isn't the problem... it's the solution.

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< Where's your self re-cocking-spect >

Think about it. Put a bunch of male engineers in dorms with h0t females. Now, since male engineers will _never_ get any ... they need to get pr0n.

Apparently the price of Kleenex down there is quite high too. Damn supply-and-demand routine.