Re: Empirical data surrounding guards and firewalls.

[Peter Besenbruch <prb () lava net>]

A truly twisted sense of humor. Thank you.

evol () ruiner halo nu wrote:
> Evol would like to share empirical data gained today.  Evol believes this
> make internet community much happy, and make the Mr. Peter not regulate.
> So what happened?  Evol explains:
>
> Target:
> ------
>         -Firewall
>         -McDonald's guard
>
> Materials:
> ---------
>         -(1) Evol
>         -(1) Shoes
>         -(1) Shirt
>         -(1) Computer
>         -(1) Internet connection
>         -(1) Firewalled host
>
> Procedure:
> ---------
> For each target, undergo the following steps:
>
>         1.) Enumerate an acceptable entrance policy.
>         2.) Attempt to enter while following entrance policy.
>
> Data:
> -----
>         Firewall:
>         --------
>                 The firewall at internet host www.mcdonalds.com accepts
>                 connections to TCP/IP port 80.  Rules are similar to 'DENY
>                 ALL EXCEPT TCP PORT 80'  So make connection to port 80 and
>                 note results.
>         Results:
>         -------
>                 Normal transaction was accepted.  See results:
>
>                 HTTP/1.1 400 Bad request
>                 Server: Netscape-Enterprise/4.1
>                 Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 XX:XX:XX GMT
>                 Content-length: 147
>                 Content-type: text/html
>                 Connection: close
>
>         Store:
>         -----
>                 The store at the location closest to me was chosen as a
>                 specific target.  The entrance policy is:
>                 'IF (NOT SHOES) OR (NOT SHIRT) DENY'
>                 So, evol enters store with only shoes and a shirt.
>
>         Data:
>         ----
>                 Evol was rejected conduction of normal buisness.  No
>                 Big Mac today, get out!  Then, when Evol tries to
>                 proceed anyway, cops take Evol out of McDonalds.
>
>         Conclusion:
>         ----------
>                 People and firewalls are different.
>
> Thanks Internet Community, hope much hapiness for you.
>
> -Evol
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