unable to access the board from work

[htrdbuick]

I hope some one can help me out here. I work on a container ship and we installed internet service on our ship about 2 years ago. Initially i could log onto the board and get my V8 buick fix which was really nice. Then about a year ago I found i could no longer sign on from the ship. I believe this is due to some type of firewall that prevents the spambots , phishing and other undesirable activities from getting on the board. Our internet goes off the ship , bounces off a satellite and then goes through a land station in the Netherlands.I am sure this is somehow creating a "suspect" character to my attempts to login. When i try to log in all i get is a blank screen; is there some way i could get my ship address cleared through the firewall so that when i go back to work in August i can log in from there?? Thanks in advance for any assistance.

[TheSilverBuick]

It's blocked by your work's network admin. Lumped in as a forum or such. I know every time our network has a virus problem and the IT guys put the clamp down on the firewall I loose access to this forum, but when they get a handle on the network issues and relax the settings access comes back. The only way I see you getting through is calling up IT and asking if they will put the V8Buick.com on the acceptable list if you don't think it'll get you in trouble.

There are alternative ways to bounce the connection through another "acceptable" webpage, but I've never been very good at that. Some people are though.

[htrdbuick]

I'm not so sure about the network admin theory. We have no admin onboard. We do use Barracuda as a filter on what you can access but if the barracuda blocks your access it lets you know you have been blocked. I can access the H.A.M.B with no issues so I don't know why i would be able to get on there and not on V8 buick. I was hoping Mike or one of the moderators will chime in on if they block certain log in attempts based on where the log in seems to be coming from.

[TheSilverBuick]

Hmm, that's the limit of my IT knowledge =/ I'm sure we have people here from the Netherlands (and rest of Europe) so that seems unlikely, but who knows. Hope something is figured out for you.

[Bad Boattail]

Our internet goes off the ship , bounces off a satellite and then goes through a land station in the Netherlands.

Tom,
Please click this link (http://erikboattailmeetingphotos.webs.com/) to my website, so I can figure out who your provider in the Netherlands is.

Let me know in this thread at exactly what (your local) time your visit was :TU:

[htrdbuick]

Erik, i'm not on the ship right now so i can't let you know when my last attempt was. It was literally months ago. The internet equipment supplier is Polaris, not the american Snowmobile/ ATV company but another company by the same name that is supplying the satellite antennae and other equipment to the ship. I believe they also handle the routing of the connection to the internet but i can't say that for sure.
I am not due back onboard until August so i thought i would look into this now so i could figure out a way to log in before i fly out to meet the ship. Hopefully someone who has some serious computer skills can tell me how to log in from my home away from home.

[Bad Boattail]

No, I mean that you have to tell me when you visit my website using the ship's connection.
So that will be next month :TU:

[htrdbuick]

Ok thanks Erik , i will save the link on my notebook and try it then

[htrdbuick]

Erik if i log on to your site from the ship i still won't be able to post to this thread when i logged on , if you PM me an email address i can let you know that way or i can also access skype from the ship if that works better for you. Thanks for the assistance.

[Bad Boattail]

Mail to: erikboattailmeetingphotos@gmail.com

To use your home computer away from home:


Surf remotely using your home computer and IP

This is going to be a two-part process.

First we need to set up the computer you use at home with internet access.
goto http://www.whatismyip.com and write your home ip down. (YOU NEED THIS LATER)

Next, create a new user,
System > Administration > Users and Groups

Create a new user and give this user a strong password.

Then, open a terminal and run

Code: sudo apt-get install open-ssh
This will install Open ssh.

You need to edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config .

Code: gksudo gedit /etc/ssh/sshd_configlook for Port 22 and change it to Port 443.
(this step is taken because some isps or firewalls block port 22, and this is easier to change then the firewalls settinfgs.)

Save, exit and reboot your computer and this part is done.

Next you need to set up your computer that is away from home.

If you are using windows you need to download putty.
at this link.

You will need to configure putty to use your current internet connection/proxy.

On the proxy option on the left when you first open putty,
is where this is. Set it, go back to the sessions page, save the session and exit putty.

Open up notepad.
Copy and paste these lines into the notepad:

Code: putty -D 8080 -P 443 -ssh 0.0.0.0

Replace the 0.0.0.0 with the ip address you wrote down earlier, and save the file as ssh.bat, by selecting "all files" at the bottom of the save as window, and save it in the same folder you downloaded putty too, close notepad.

When you double click the ssh.bat file it should connect to your home computer and ask for your user name. this is good.
Log in and then minimize the terminal window.
Open up your web browser, chat program, anything that you need to use that was blocked,
and go to where you can set your proxy settings. (in firefox this is Edit > Preferences > Advanced >

Connections, or Tools > Options > Advanced > Connections.)
Set the SOCKS5 proxy to 127.0.0.1 port 8080 and make sure all the other fields are blank.

Hit ok and get out of the settings window, and you should be as free as a downloaded linux iso!!


If you are using linux you are going to open a terminal and type the following:


Code: ssh -D 8080 -p 443 -l username 0.0.0.0
Remember to replace the 0.0.0.0 with your ip address that you wrote down earlier, and username with the username we created at the beginning.

Proceed to log in.

When you are at the default shell prompt, you can run any application from your home computer just by typing its command.
For instance typing in Firefox, will open Firefox as if it were running on your computer natively.


Firstly if you get no connection at all, try using port 80 where I specified port 443.
You will have to change that number in the command you use to connect as well.

If you have no internet access at all, where you are at, this will not work either.

On your home computer make sure you are editing sshd_config and not ssh_config



But still I think it will be much easier for you to check the firewalls and security settings of the ship's network :TU: