OK, so I met like 2 guys at the POW during meet and greet closing weekend who said they both had ways around blockage to this site at work. Now I can't for the life of me remember who they were and I'd very much like to get back on here again from work!!! Please, if you know a way, message me... Sorry to put this out there on such a wide broadcast, but I miss R/F tons and tons and want to get back to it...
Are we really worth your job? Most places will terminate you for bypassing IT security controls. :'(
I agree with Zaubon's posting. Although I know how to edit the company's forced scripting using REGEDIT, I don't. Company has default user screen saver and site blocking. I can live with it since can always end the day and use home system to visit what was blocked (such as YOUTUBE) at work.
I agree. And companys right now are being a lot stiffer with those security walls.
*I can get to YouTube. But I cant update my macromedia player, adobe player, flash... etc. etc. etc. So its pointless to even navigate to a lot of sites for me*
Typically you would use a proxy site. You'd visit a site that's not blocked and give it the URL of your blocked site. It will call up the pages and serve them back to you.
If you Google "proxy site" you'll find a bunch of candidates.
Quote from: Pascal on December 11, 2008, 12:29:32 PM
Typically you would use a proxy site. You'd visit a site that's not blocked and give it the URL of your blocked site. It will call up the pages and serve them back to you.
If you Google "proxy site" you'll find a bunch of candidates.
Yes, and checking my company's IT procedures, use of a proxy is a violation. IT probably has the IP ranges for the proxy servers blocked anyway.
It sounds as if your companies IT and mine have been conspiring together.
It all depends on the site Mike.
Here at school the kidiots are excellent at finding different proxie servers and redirect sites
Pretty much as fast as they get found out, they get blocked though
The reason they get blocked so fast is when people find them they share them which means there are so many going to that site it gets attention and then... POOF
The only real way to get away with having a proxies site to get around web blocks is to build your own and NEVER TELL ANYONE THE ADDRESS.
Realistically though, even with your own personal one you will eventually get blocked and eventually they will know it was through your account.
It's much safer to just wait until you get home... sucky though that is
*same with rum... best not to have it at work*
Quote from: x0x_teach_x0x on December 11, 2008, 02:06:00 PM
*same with rum... best not to have it at work*
But its fun to have one or two or a lil more at work. Makes work soooo much better :)
Well, it's actually kind of weird cause it's not actually a blocked site, it just doesn't come up now. It might have to do with the Hrs of usage I had on this site, or sometime else?? It worked just fine for like a month and then one day it started saying that the internet site could not be found. Now blocked sites literally say "This site is blocked" and have a big red sign on them. The r/f site on the other hand comes up very differently. So in this case, I wouldn't technically say it was going around a "blocked" site, more just getting to a site that now is failed... It's a technicality I guess, but aren't all of these internet site issues. I've never read any company policies pertaining to getting to a site with this kind of failure, so I wouldn't be breaking any company laws. I would never even attempt to actually route a truly "blocked" site, that's definitely not worth it.
If they are using a content filter, which it sound like they are. They are most likely using a monitoring software as well. This means they can track exactly where you are going. So just because a site isn't blocked per say doesn't mean you are in the clear. They can monitor things like keystrokes, percentage of time streaming video. There is nothing truly secret and since they own the equipment that you are using it's their choice as to what they allow you to do with it. Get a smartphone with net access if you need a fix during the day. And don't use the work wifi to access the net. Monitoring software is typically server based and therefore wifi is monitored.
I prefer my method, just take my own laptop/notebook puter with my own aircard and poof I go where I want to go, no firewall no content filter no nuthin they can say unless all I do is sit in my office all day
Quote from: Miranda on December 12, 2008, 09:52:03 PM
And don't use the work wifi to access the net. Monitoring software is typically server based and therefore wifi is monitored.
Quite true. Most monitoring software will tap off a mirrored port on a core switch and therefore see all packet headers (not necessarily content unless they're sniffing) that's passing through the network's back end on the way to the internet. Wireless (at least company wireless) will also pass through the same core switches, so it would be visible to monitors as well.
By viewing packet headers, they'll be able to detect source and destination as well as type of traffic. So they could see that streaming video is going to PC "abc" and coming from server "www.hotcontent.com". Will also be able to tell the volume of traffic and the times of day traffic occurred.
Having a wireless card and service from a third-party provider is the only way to securely and anonymously access content while at work -- just be sure you've connected to the third-party provider and not to the company wireless!
We aren't allowed to use our computers at work for personal reasons. But the company I work for is great, and they set up 4 computers with internet access, and anyone who wants to can use them during breaks and/or lunch. Lots of people do, but I wait till I get home. Then I take a glass of wine, come to this site and relax and enjoy.
Or, if you have broadband at home, you could remote desktop to your machine at home and surf from there.
Quote from: PyroMaster on December 19, 2008, 10:54:18 PM
Or, if you have broadband at home, you could remote desktop to your machine at home and surf from there.
Again, if they are tracking your usage, and most moderate sized companies and government based institutions are at this point, this will show up and they will be able to see exactly what you are doing. They want to insure productivity, and I hate to be a naysayer, but in this economy one has to be really cautious as this info goes into deciding who gets laid off and who doesn't
SSH + VNC = Virtually Undetectable. Virtually meaning that "they" can still see your traffic connecting to a secure port, but they can't see what the traffic is. But now we are getting way beyond the issue here.
It seems to me that I had this same issue once many years ago with a different site. I'm trying very hard to remember who the culprit was. I'm thinking that it had something to do with my companies proxy server getting hung up while forwarding the data. They have since upgraded the proxy and the issue has gone away. We had the same problem with Yahoo.com more recently. But that seems to have cleared up as well. Chances are that there is nothing that you can do from your personal computer to fix the problem.
I was going to suggest entering the IP address directly, but it appears that this site is hosted using IIS and host headers. This means that entering the ip address directly gets you no where. Perhaps the webmaster has some insight.
Good Luck Queenie (o:
google "torpark"
it runs TSR, anon browsing and will punch thru anything.
happy surfing
The only problem with TOR, last I read anyway, was that you are at the mercy of whomever is running the exit computer. They have full potential to sniff the outgoing traffic. Therefore you're only secure if they exit is secure.
SO I tried this site again today for the first time in a long long time and guess what... IT WORKS NOW AT WORK!!!!! Can you believe it? I'm beyond excited. Let's hope it lasts...