Proxy

by Kulbir Saini on BC, Computers, Fun, Internet, Life, Servers

The best new year gift

We just received a mail from IIIT-H help desk stating

New year special proxy server has been created for all users as gift from
IIIT Server Room staff. There are no moderations done on that proxy so all
websites are accessible. Even better there is no connection limit per IP
or per user on the new proxy.

Proxy is accessible at IP _SNIP_ on port _SNIP_. Please feel free to
download as much as you want from this new proxy server.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Regards,
IIIT Systems Help Desk

Probably the best gift I have ever received.

 
by Kulbir Saini on BC, Computers, Fedora, Fun, Hacking, Internet, Life, Linux

How to make a fool of yourself?

  1. Configure your firefox to cache 1GB of data.
  2. Run squid proxy server on your machine in aggressive caching mode by f**cking up with refresh patterns.
  3. Then actually use the above proxy server to browse.

Wasted two hours (5AM – 7AM) in debugging a clean and flawless php script on a remote server with pathetic response time because my firefox+squid messed things up and never requested the actually script from server :((

Still I love caching 😛