Re: A little of topic: security and anonymity question
On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 22:12:44 +0300
Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Thu, 04 Jun 2015 19:29:43 +0200
> Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2015-06-04 at 13:21 -0400, German wrote:
> > > I had some discussion on some message board. After a while I got
> > > banned for no obvious reason. So I have decided to create another
> > > account with a free proxy, cleaned my cookies and continue to do
> > > some conversations with a members with which I have enjoyed
> > > talking. I successfully created account with web proxy, could
> > > logging in, but can't post on the message board. The message I
> > > got was that I am not permitted to post. So, I believe that the
> > > server can identify me somehow. Any ideas what can be done in
> > > this situation so I can post? Thank so much for all of your
> > > insights.
> >
> > It's not impossible that they detected the proxy and won't allow
> > postings from it.
>
> Or it's possible that the proxy in question sends that funny
> X-Forwarded-For HTTP header which contains the original IP *and* the
> message board checks it too.
I still think that it is nothing to do with proxies. Might that be that
my computer name is filtered or as I said earlier the whole linux
system is subject to filtering?
>
> Or the proxy intercepted forum's login credentials so they can be used
> to spam the message board in question. The possibilities are endless.
>
> The fine point of the story - don't trust the proxy *you* do not
> control. Even if they don't charge you for using it. Especially if
> they don't charge you.
>
> Reco
>
>
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