Italian Hippie
Member
Hi everybody,
Lately, I've been trying to find a way to use Mafia from work, since it's the place I usually play from. When I get home from the office (after a not-so-short commute, even) I'm not mentally fresh enough to play decently, and I end up making stupid mistakes.
Anyway, to get to the point... The security in my workplace is pretty tight, and I must admit I have no idea about WHAT is exactly up. I know for a fact there's a proxy, which uses an automatic proxy configuration script. Also, the proxy requires an username and password to allow web access. Furthermore, even with username and password, I think there's a firewall (or, at any rate, most ports aren't open). When I click on a forum link, it tries to open forums.kingdomofloathing.com:8080, and it doesn't work. If I remove the :8080 part, it lets me open the website.
I admit I lack the necessary knowledge to know exactly what "defenses" are in place here, but Mafia won't let me connect. I tried opening the proxy configuration script and set up Mafia with the proxy settings, but still it won't connect. I also setup the Java console to point to the autoconfig script.
I tried to connect both with the "use a proxy to connect" checkbox on and off. If it's on, the program tries to connect to all the servers in a rapid sequence (<1 sec) and then gives me back control of the login window. With the setting disabled, it tries to contact a server for a while (~10 sec?), eventually tries them all and again gives me back control of the login window.
At this point, I don't know what else to do, and I ask for your help. I'll monitor this post frequently, so I can provide whatever information is needed. Thanks in advance to everyone who'll answer.
Lately, I've been trying to find a way to use Mafia from work, since it's the place I usually play from. When I get home from the office (after a not-so-short commute, even) I'm not mentally fresh enough to play decently, and I end up making stupid mistakes.
Anyway, to get to the point... The security in my workplace is pretty tight, and I must admit I have no idea about WHAT is exactly up. I know for a fact there's a proxy, which uses an automatic proxy configuration script. Also, the proxy requires an username and password to allow web access. Furthermore, even with username and password, I think there's a firewall (or, at any rate, most ports aren't open). When I click on a forum link, it tries to open forums.kingdomofloathing.com:8080, and it doesn't work. If I remove the :8080 part, it lets me open the website.
I admit I lack the necessary knowledge to know exactly what "defenses" are in place here, but Mafia won't let me connect. I tried opening the proxy configuration script and set up Mafia with the proxy settings, but still it won't connect. I also setup the Java console to point to the autoconfig script.
I tried to connect both with the "use a proxy to connect" checkbox on and off. If it's on, the program tries to connect to all the servers in a rapid sequence (<1 sec) and then gives me back control of the login window. With the setting disabled, it tries to contact a server for a while (~10 sec?), eventually tries them all and again gives me back control of the login window.
At this point, I don't know what else to do, and I ask for your help. I'll monitor this post frequently, so I can provide whatever information is needed. Thanks in advance to everyone who'll answer.