Is F9 Security an oxymoron?
Robin Laing
Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Thu Nov 13 18:41:22 UTC 2008
Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
> Dave Feustel <dfeustel at mindspring.com> writes:
>> Would such a proxy cause Firefox and Konqueror to differ in their
>> ability to retrieve URLs? Most of the URLs that Konqueror doesn't
>> display are displayed immediately and with no problem when I start
>> firefox from with konqueror.
>
> Sure. I'd say all bets are off once companies start playing games.
>
> Really, just look at the traffic. Open up two windows onto the data
> and compare both browsers transactions packet by packet. I'm sure
> you'll see differences. Compare a bunch of different failing web
> pages and I'm sure a pattern will emerge.
>
> -wolfgang
With the different things ISP's are doing, including "Deep Packet
Inspection" and ad insertion, anything is possible. Search and there
are a few sites that you can use to check your connection for these
factors. I don't have links handy. Search for detecting Deep Packet
Inspection or something on that line.
Bell Canada is known to do this on their networks.
Konqueror may be showing the problem.
--
Robin Laing
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