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[hobbitomm]

Well, as you all know, I do a fair amount of research, and the main databases I use for this are supplied by a company called Ovid. To use them, you need to login. So far so good. I have a login. Ah. But the URL that results from logging in doesn't play with the Trust Firewall, so the dbs won't load. Which means I can't research. Okay... so.... phone the library, who are responsible for it at this end.

Ah. A known problem with our firewall. Talk to IT support.
Ah. A known problem with their .cgi scripts. We're not changing our firewall. Talk to their support.
Ah. An unknown problem. It'll be their firewall. We'll see what we can do, but it may need changes in your firewall......


AAAAAARGH! Who moved me into Kafka when I wasn't looking?

Comments

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

Farming out virus protection and other firewall matters is a real pain. When I worked in Edinburgh I couldn't access a whole host of work-useful sites because they weren't deemed appropriate by the firewall providers for some reason.

Hmm... I imagine you'd have a real stinker of a time with that. After all, you have legitimate reasons to google for 'breast enlargement'. :)