This forum is blocked in work! [Archive]

Northerner

28th July 2009, 13:40

Guy's,

Yesterday whilst in work I tried to access this forum from work and found it blocked according to the company's internet usage policy:Brick:

They block sites like facebook and friendster, Yahoo but not MSN? Obviously anything pornographic or even mildly rude is also blocked. But I was a little shocked to see this ste on their list of blocked sites!

:CompBuster:

KeithD

28th July 2009, 13:57

You can setup a domain (random name HGYGSV.CO.UK and just put one page on it that contains nothing more than a frame with this forum in it, that way the firewall will only see a blank page and not block it :)

johncar54

28th July 2009, 14:00

Guy's,

Yesterday whilst in work I tried to access this forum from work and found it blocked according to the company's internet usage policy:Brick:

:CompBuster:

Just a thought, maybe they think that when you are at work you should be working !

KeithD

28th July 2009, 14:09

Or try this http://www.emailjunk.co.uk/

All they see is

<html>
<head>
</head>
<frameset cols="100%">
<frame src="http://filipinaroses.com/">
</frameset>
</html>

Northerner

28th July 2009, 14:10

You can setup a domain (random name HGYGSV.CO.UK and just put one page on it that contains nothing more than a frame with this forum in it, that way the firewall will only see a blank page and not block it :)

:xxgrinning--00xx3: Excellent idea! :)

Just a thought, maybe they think that when you are at work you should be working !

With the amount of unpaid overtime I throw in, trust me - I can take a break when I want :9:

joebloggs

28th July 2009, 17:49

i still can't access at work, :NoNo:

no proxy will work , as there banned to :doh

Mrs.JMajor

28th July 2009, 22:04

With the amount of unpaid overtime I throw in, trust me - I can take a break when I want :9:

:icon_lol::icon_lol::xxgrinning--00xx3:

englishbird

29th July 2009, 19:41

Guy's,

Yesterday whilst in work I tried to access this forum from work and found it blocked according to the company's internet usage policy:Brick:

They block sites like facebook and friendster, Yahoo but not MSN? Obviously anything pornographic or even mildly rude is also blocked. But I was a little shocked to see this ste on their list of blocked sites!

:CompBuster:

My company has recently blocked this site too. Up until a couple of weeks ago I could use this site and facebook at work, but no more. Guess I will have to do some work:icon_lol:

KeithD

29th July 2009, 19:47

Try the above link

Northerner

29th July 2009, 19:51

Try the above link

I'll try that in the morning and report back..

Thanks :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Arthur Little

29th July 2009, 22:31

My company has recently blocked this site too. Up until a couple of weeks ago I could use this site and facebook at work, but no more. *Guess I will have to do some work:icon_lol:

Awww ... shame! Some employers ... *really!! No consideration whatsoever! :NoNo: tut, tut!! Terrible state of affairs.

johncar54

30th July 2009, 07:05

With the amount of unpaid overtime I throw in, trust me - I can take a break when I want

This sort of comment implies that a worker is permitted by their employer to use the work place computer for their personal use.- If that is so, surely the easy way to get/recover access to a site is to ask the employer/web master to re-instate it.

When I started work in the 1950's to take small items from work, a pencil, ballpoint pen, some envelopes etc was considered by most people to be theft and people were prosecuted from time to time. I get the impression now that most employees believe they have a right to take some things or use their employers time for their own purpose and that most would accept this as normal and in no way dishonest.

In saying this here I am not pointing the finger at any posters just commenting in general.

Arthur Little

30th July 2009, 11:04

I get the impression now that most employees believe they have a right to take some things or use their employers time for their own purpose and that most would accept this as normal and in no way dishonest.

"Perks of the job", John ... as many would have us believe! :rolleyes:

KeithD

30th July 2009, 11:13

I do what I want at work, I just tell the boss to :furious3: :D

Arthur Little

30th July 2009, 11:38

When I started work in the 1950's to take small items from work, a pencil, ballpoint pen, some envelopes etc was considered by most people to be theft ...

... or, to take this concept a [ridiculous] stage further ... albeit not work-related:

On one occasion when I accompanied my son-in-law to a Tesco superstore in Aberdeen's outskirts, I left him to scout around for what he needed while I'd a glance through some of the magazines on display on the newspaper stands.

I was flabbergasted :cwm24: when he rebuked me, saying, "You DO realise that that's tantamount to STEALING? ... !". "In what WAY?", I asked him ... to which he replied: "Reading a book, paper or magazine without paying for it, amounts to nothing less than petty THEFT ... theft of newsprint!" :omg:

Arthur Little

30th July 2009, 12:09

I do what I want at work, I just tell the boss to :furious3: :D

:Erm: I always thought YOU were da boss, Keith!

KeithD

30th July 2009, 15:25

:Erm: I always thought YOU were da boss, Keith!
Hence doing what I want :icon_lol:

Northerner

30th July 2009, 19:22

Nah... Doesn't work :NoNo:

KeithD

30th July 2009, 19:56

In that case rather than blocking sites, it would appear they have a list of sites you can access, along with a keyword list. Which basically blocks most things that are not work related.

Northerner

30th July 2009, 20:25

In that case rather than blocking sites, it would appear they have a list of sites you can access, along with a keyword list. Which basically blocks most things that are not work related.

Yeah, possibly. Big company with and internal intranet... Oh well, thanks for trying Keith :xxgrinning--00xx3:

joebloggs

30th July 2009, 20:48

i've had enough, so

i'm installing vnc on my pc at home, and will access the forum from work thru my pc at home, as my pc at home is on 24/7 :D

:action-smiley-081: to the :censored: who block sites like this, its not a dating site :doh

johncar54

31st July 2009, 08:12

I live in Spain and had my email account on Telefonica, that like BT for Spain.

On a visit to UK I was refused access to the telefonica site when I tried to check my emails. The message said it was a porn site.

It took several calls to the Town Hall to get their computers re-programed so that I could get access.

Sorry,this has only a very loose connection with this string, but when did that stop any of us adding out tuppence worth !

KeithD

31st July 2009, 09:03

If you speak to the IT dept they can allow site access during certain times like lunch, so may be worth asking them. They can only tell you to :furious3:

bornatbirth

1st August 2009, 00:12

I do what I want at work, I just tell the boss to :furious3: :D

so do i,but never to his face!

and why you trying to use the internet?...get back to work,i work all day without a break honest i never take any chance i get to do nothing but work? :D

johncar54

1st August 2009, 07:25

so do i,but never to his face!

I did just that and retired a couple of years earlier that I was due to ! (on a full ill health pension, as sightly crazy! )

IainBusby

1st August 2009, 10:47

i've had enough, so

i'm installing vnc on my pc at home, and will access the forum from work thru my pc at home, as my pc at home is on 24/7 :D

:action-smiley-081: to the :censored: who block sites like this, its not a dating site :doh

Some companies also block the ports used by VNC and RDP to stop employees accessing computers that are outside the local intranet.

jam07

1st August 2009, 10:54

Guy's,

Yesterday whilst in work I tried to access this forum from work and found it blocked according to the company's internet usage policy:Brick:

They block sites like facebook and friendster, Yahoo but not MSN? Obviously anything pornographic or even mildly rude is also blocked. But I was a little shocked to see this ste on their list of blocked sites!

:CompBuster:

this site is also blocked here in Dubai. I have to connect to Hotspot Shield first before calling this site. kainis! :doh :angry:

Jay&Zobel

1st August 2009, 13:33

:xxgrinning--00xx3:
With the amount of unpaid overtime I throw in, trust me - I can take a break when I want :9:

With the amount of unpaid overtime I throw in, trust me - I can take a break when I want

This sort of comment implies that a worker is permitted by their employer to use the work place computer for their personal use.- If that is so, surely the easy way to get/recover access to a site is to ask the employer/web master to re-instate it.

When I started work in the 1950's to take small items from work, a pencil, ballpoint pen, some envelopes etc was considered by most people to be theft and people were prosecuted from time to time. I get the impression now that most employees believe they have a right to take some things or use their employers time for their own purpose and that most would accept this as normal and in no way dishonest.

... or, to take this concept a [ridiculous] stage further ... albeit not work-related:

On one occasion when I accompanied my son-in-law to a Tesco superstore in Aberdeen's outskirts, I left him to scout around for what he needed while I'd a glance through some of the magazines on display on the newspaper stands.

I was flabbergasted :cwm24: when he rebuked me, saying, "You DO realise that that's tantamount to STEALING? ... !". "In what WAY?", I asked him ... to which he replied: "Reading a book, paper or magazine without paying for it, amounts to nothing less than petty THEFT ... theft of newsprint!" :omg:

Yeah, all sorts mentioned above are considered stealing... Believe me, in our company lots of random stuff are disappearing, from paperclips, pencils, tape dispensers, to staplers AND EVEN TOILET ROLLS!!! They are even stealing time from the company (Too much tea breaks, talking etc etc)!!
:NoNo::NoNo::NoNo::doh

KeithD

1st August 2009, 14:07

Smoke breaks should be deducted from people's wages.

Jay&Zobel

1st August 2009, 14:30

Yeah, all sorts mentioned above are considered stealing... Believe me, in our company lots of random stuff are disappearing, from paperclips, pencils, tape dispensers, to staplers AND EVEN TOILET ROLLS!!! They are even stealing time from the company (Too much tea breaks, talking etc etc)!!
:NoNo::NoNo::NoNo::doh

Smoke breaks should be deducted from people's wages.

I definitely agree with you here!! Also, to add we have a LUNCH VAN that comes round at 10ish, because it's not on a LUNCH BREAK, people wouldn't expect to make up the TIME or to take less lunch break!!! :NoNo::NoNo::doh:doh:doh

nigel

1st August 2009, 16:26

It's no surprise this forum has been banned at your workplace, cause some idiot has been posting rude/naughty jokes on here!:cwm34: I can't imagine who it was though..:rolleyes:

:Rasp:

Jay&Zobel

1st August 2009, 16:32

It's no surprise this forum has been banned at your workplace, cause some idiot has been posting rude/naughty jokes on here!:cwm34: I can't imagine who it was though..:rolleyes:

:Rasp:

:doh:doh:doh:doh:xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3::D
Ah that's why!!! :NoNo::NoNo::NoNo::NoNo:

somebody

5th August 2009, 12:19

I rember asking a good few years back the IT admins at my work place they banned it as it was connected with a betting site.

Many will just block sites from lists already created or others the admins will trawl though.

Does the archive still exist ie the low bandwith version? Friendly IT admins may be happy if you want to use that version.. They may also let you in on the seperate proxy that nearly all it departments have access to:rolleyes:

I do understand where John carr and others are coming from but many companies do allow people to do a small amount of browsing During work hours as it stops people going to great length to try and beat the system. It also keeps them at there desks able to respond to emails and phone calls.

Many offices i go to people will be at their desks an hour or so before they offcially start and work though breaks eating at desks and working long after they are meant to go home. So its a swings and roundabout thing. Most people will be using News sites and travel sites.

Apart from not allowing porn, offensive to the majority sites and often gambling sites many only seem to crack down on social and gaming websites due to the constant usage and bandwith people use when looking at (photos, videos etc) plus with the built in messagners in some.Plus with webmail and the social media sites and others you can upload and download content which also is a security risk both to the network and company data.

joebloggs

5th August 2009, 18:16

only way i found of getting around is, was by installing vnc server on my pc at home, and installing just the viewer at work :xxgrinning--00xx3:

thou my misses was on the pc in my dinner hour :doh :Brick:

joebloggs

6th August 2009, 11:03

I'm at work :action-smiley-081:

using vnc, but slow like a 56k, nah 2.4k dial up :doh

says i'm connected at 412kb/s well i bet i'm taking all the bandwidth up :D

:Hellooo: time to go back to work :doh

somebody

6th August 2009, 13:51

only way i found of getting around is, was by installing vnc server on my pc at home, and installing just the viewer at work :xxgrinning--00xx3:

thou my misses was on the pc in my dinner hour :doh :Brick:

:icon_lol: amazing how the best laid plan is foiled

johncar54

6th August 2009, 13:59

This all very interesting

somebody

7th August 2009, 21:44

only way i found of getting around is, was by installing vnc server on my pc at home, and installing just the viewer at work :xxgrinning--00xx3:

thou my misses was on the pc in my dinner hour :doh :Brick:

You could use the ten mile long length of cable you have in case you move to Kingston upon hull:Erm::D

JimOttley

25th August 2009, 22:54

only way i found of getting around is, was by installing vnc server on my pc at home, and installing just the viewer at work :xxgrinning--00xx3:

thou my misses was on the pc in my dinner hour :doh :Brick:

Signup for and install Livemesh beta at home

https://www.mesh.com/welcome/default.aspx

then sign in from work and install the live mesh beta on your PC, even if you do not use the sync capabilities you will now have a souped up version of Microsoft Remote Desktop that will allow you to connect securely to your home PC without a VPN.

This will no doubt get banned from most workplaces but it's still fairly new and therefore under the radar of most IT departments. Saying that you need to have the authority to install stuff to start with.

This version of remote desktop fully scales the remote view (if you want) and also handles dual monitor desktops really nicely.

My mate in the office was configuring an http IPSec VPN or something earlier tonight and locked himself out of our standard office VPN so he emailed me to ask me to connect up to switch off a service on one of our main servers, it was an absolute doddle :)

Basically the same solution as your VNC Joe but with less overhead and at the moment it's not so easy to block although I dare say it might have a bit more trouble with some corporate proxy servers in some big business.

Right now I love it :)

Jim

joebloggs

26th August 2009, 10:57

Signup for and install Livemesh beta at home

https://www.mesh.com/welcome/default.aspx

then sign in from work and install the live mesh beta on your PC, even if you do not use the sync capabilities you will now have a souped up version of Microsoft Remote Desktop that will allow you to connect securely to your home PC without a VPN.

This will no doubt get banned from most workplaces but it's still fairly new and therefore under the radar of most IT departments. Saying that you need to have the authority to install stuff to start with.

This version of remote desktop fully scales the remote view (if you want) and also handles dual monitor desktops really nicely.

My mate in the office was configuring an http IPSec VPN or something earlier tonight and locked himself out of our standard office VPN so he emailed me to ask me to connect up to switch off a service on one of our main servers, it was an absolute doddle :)

Basically the same solution as your VNC Joe but with less overhead and at the moment it's not so easy to block although I dare say it might have a bit more trouble with some corporate proxy servers in some big business.

Right now I love it :)

Jim

cheers jim :xxgrinning--00xx3:

i'll give it a go, not much wrong with vnc, just a bit slow :doh
also we use vnc at work, so no one would think anything of me, having the viewer installed :rolleyes:

somebody

28th August 2009, 21:21

At work and im sure many places we use Web Ex which is another handy one.