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Are you a TalkTalk customer? I'm genuinely surprised that it isn't causing at least minor problems with some sites for more technical users. I manage a virus-s
by omh 13y ago
Are you a TalkTalk customer?
I'm genuinely surprised that it isn't causing at least minor problems with some sites for more technical users.
I manage a virus-scanning web proxy for our company and this is enough to throw up regular little glitches with all sorts of sites which "just work" when going direct.
- pbhjpbhj 13y agoCan you give more details. Presumably the filter is just dropping traffic sent to/from any of the IP addresses or domain names in the blacklist. What are the glitches you're seeing?
- omh 13y agoThe corporate systems for this (usually) operate by proxying all HTTP traffic, so any sites which don't play nicely with a HTTP proxy are affected. I've seen "interesting" problems with some more esoteric HTTP 1.1 features and all sorts of things with streaming sites. You're probably right that this system isn't proxying everything, so its impact would be a lot lower. It all depends on what layer it tries to operate, which we don't really know. I'd love to see an investigation from someone on TalkTalk.
- andyhmltn 13y agoWe have TalkTalk at home (although as soon as fibre optic comes in this area we are moving) and I have to admit: I had no idea this was happening. I'm a pretty 'technical' user and I haven't noticed any problems as such.