Sorry, meant to forward it to a co-worker. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Ware [SMTP:rware at interplastic.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 2:26 PM > To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org' > Subject: [TCLUG] funny > > You might like this one > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matthew S. Hallacy [SMTP:poptix at techmonkeys.org] > > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 12:14 PM > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] OT: MS Proxy Server needed > > > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 09:54:45AM -0500, Duncan Shannon wrote: > > > Hello all- > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > If anyone has MS proxy experience, MS proxy setup that i can plug my > > > device into or any input it would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Also, im very curious to know your thoughts on what % of business > > > networks use proxies, and how they would break down by product. ie. > > > are 60% of networks using proxies? are they mostly MS Proxy? > > > > Ahh, the joys of MS Proxy... > > > > Once there was a small company that ran nothing but MS products, > including > > MS Proxy. One day they decided to upgrade from ISDN to high speed > > internet, > > including publicly routed IP space for a few systems that they wanted to > > setup as web and ftp servers. After many hours of hard work, they > finally > > got Linux installed on an older system, and intended to use it as a > router > > +nat+squid proxy for their network, so they could retire the MS Proxy > > server. > > (This took much convincing) > > > > When the time came to move the ethernet cable from the MS Proxy server > to > > the Linux system, a horrible thing happened -- nobody could reach the > > internet! > > > > Screaming and preaching of the glory of MS was heard from afar, > especially > > after we had turned off the MS Proxy settings on every single desktop. > > > > After many hours of fiddling, it was found that you had to completely > > uninstall the MS Proxy client before the systems were usable on anything > > else (alas, the zealots were not happy with this, and proclaimed it must > > be > > a bug elsewhere). > > > > After cleaning the virulent MS Proxy client from their systems, there > was > > great rejoicing at the speed and efficiency of Linux and squid, and > never > > again was there heard a complaint (until a tornado ripped their building > > apart last month) > > > > Moral of the story: > > MS Proxy is an evil, evil program that I've only encountered once in > > the corporate environment, it follows no standards, and there is no > > interoperability documentation. Don't bother. > > > > > thanks > > > duncan > > > > -- > > Matthew S. Hallacy FUBAR, LART, BOFH > Certified > > http://www.poptix.net GPG public key > 0x01938203 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list