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In response to: Another CCA bypass program

Michael Zeller [Visitor] — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:04:04 +0000

Interesting Joe.

Well, it must be that UCI ResNet is nice enough to not do that, because the setup works great for me and has yet to hiccup. If this changes in the future, I might have to start contributing to this blog. =) Thanks for your time in bringing issues like this to light, much appreciated.

In response to: Another CCA bypass program

Joe [Member] — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:57:30 +0000

When I said "game consoles are usually put in a special role that allows only certain ports to go through" I mean that CCA can be configured that way.
I have no idea if UCI Resnet does that.

In response to: Another CCA bypass program

Joe [Member] — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:41:46 +0000

Hello Michael,

Thanks for your post.
Unfortunately, the steps you describe most likely won't work.
CCA is designed to have different roles, and game consoles are usually put in a special role that allows only certain ports to go through (usually http, but not ssh, or skype.) The detection if it is a game console is done via the first part of the MAC address. The manufacturers from time to time use a new range of MAC addresses, and when people start to use game consoles with these new MAC addresses, the CCA mailing list shows questions about that.

As far as Bill Zeller is concerned, he was the head of UCI housing. That's when I had to do with him... The Palo Verde Residents Council would probably not exist if it weren't for him. He angered people enough to take action ;-) He cetainly angered me enough to help start the PVRC.
He eventually got moved to a position where he can't do much damage. Before he was hired by UCI, he was managing housing at the University of Michigan, where, according to reports in UMich newspapers, he got fired because he mismanaged things (just like at UCI.)
When I looked through my webserver logs, I noticed that some people apparently search for some other Bill Zeller, a medical doctor with no connections to UCI. I apologize if anybody with the same last name gets caught in this. My beef was always only the mismanagement in UCI Housing, and that unfortunately is connected with the then director of UCI Housing.

In response to: Another CCA bypass program

Michael Zeller [Visitor] — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 06:36:58 +0000

OK, so first off, I am not related to Bill Zeller (well, I probably am to some extent, but you get my point), to whom you write a lot about. Second, I do live in PV and I found your page after I saw Bill Zeller mentioned in an email and you happened to be the top google search (good work!).

Alright, so I have an easier solution to this problem, and hopefully I can clear up the Zeller name with this one. Suffice it to say, CCA is a bane on society and borders on wasting as much time as all other forms of virii combined. (10-30 seconds per person per week to login to the system "why isn't pidgin/ssh/skype/etc working!?!" causes more of a headache).

It's as simple as this:
1) Buy a router, which everyone that has more than one computer/laptop already has.
2) Buy/borrow a Wii
3) Connect to the internet via Wii via router.
4a) Done, your router looks like a Wii and won't ask to register each week.
4b) If you connected to the internet before attaching the Wii, attach Wii directly to the ethernet jack and connect to the Internet. Next, go to the Wii internet settings and get your Wii MAC address. Clone that MAC address on your router. Reattach router to ethernet jack.

Note to ResNet: I am not Michael Zeller, and the above does not emulate a MAC if you follow step 4a, so no breach of contract.

In response to: Updated Perl script to log into CCA

Miles [Visitor] — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:04:35 +0000

Hey thanks for this. I am going to try to get this to work on my mac tonight. Hope you keep updating this even if you don't live on campus anymore.

In response to: New CCA bypass method

Joe [Member] — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:57:45 +0000

The script is more designed for Linux.
For Windows, you would have to install Perl first (e.g., from http://www.activeperl.com/ASPN/Perl). You then can run the script.

In response to: New CCA bypass method

rob [Visitor] — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:27:05 +0000

quick question on you windows perl script. do i upload the script somewhere? i am currently unaware of how to run the script. just wondering of where it needs to go

In response to: CCA weekly login changes, updated login script

John Hurliman [Visitor] — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:17:54 +0000

If SSH traffic is allowed out, another option (if you have a remote server) would be a VPN listening on port 22 that forwards all traffic through the VPN. It comes with the added bonus of privacy, at the expense of essentially paying for bandwidth twice and a performance hit of varying degree.