Erratic Firewall
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:55 pm
I often have to access my home machine from remote terminals that are behind a district firewall. And I must say, it's a strange firewall. They recently revamped it: previously it didn't block any HTTPS connections and allowed LogMeIn (quite useful tool, although I usually use VNC with an SSH tunnel). With the new firewall, the sysadmins wisened up and blocked LogMeIn, but there's something interesting about the blockage: it's not always in effect! More times than not, you can access logmein.com for approximately 15 minutes, and then you lose connection because the firewall magically kicked in.
I am at loss to explain why. Any answers?
I am at loss to explain why. Any answers?