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Import an OVF into VMWare Fusion

First, install the OVF Tool. Then, run the tool. The syntax looks like this:

If you see errors about virtual hardware not being supported, you can add the –lax parameter to the command line.

Apple Internet Recovery and Transparent Proxies

If you are running a transparent HTTP proxy on your network, you may have trouble with running Internet Recovery and Apple Hardware Test on Macs that support it.  You’ll see a “-4403D” or “-4403F” error.  For some reason, Apple’s servers return a 403 when they see the “via” header that many proxy servers send.  Here’s …

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Squid: Bypass redirector for specific URL

Often times, in your Squid proxy, you may have a redirector configured – such as SquidGuard:

I ran into a problem tonight with my Roku box where SquidGuard was seeing Roku’s NetFlix access as a security threat.  So, to make Squid bypass the redirector, add an ACL and a redirector-access rule:

There you …

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Squid Proxy: Make Outgoing Headers Anonymous

By default, Squid sends HTTP headers on every request that can give away information about your internal network. Here’s an example of these headers:

That’s three pieces of information you may not want to give away: The host name of your proxy server, the version of Squid it’s running, and the IP address of …

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