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Viewing websites blobked by a firewall?

Zascar · 2003-10-27 19:48:02

Hi, can anyone tell me if there is some magic way to view websites that are currently blocked by my companies firewall? For starters boards.ie is blocked, but I would also like to use www.e-mailanywhere.com to check my pop3 e-mail while in work. I have heard of a program called http tunnel, however I'm not to sure if it…

27-10-2003 8:48pm

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Zascar

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Hi, can anyone tell me if there is some magic way to view websites that are currently blocked by my companies firewall? For starters boards.ie is blocked, but I would also like to use www.e-mailanywhere.com to check my pop3 e-mail while in work. I have heard of a program called http tunnel, however I'm not to sure if it would be a wise idea to install a program that has the potential to get me fired for breaking the rues - or is it very stealthy? Does anyone else here work for a large corperation that blocks certain sites, and have a way to get around it? We are alloed to surf the web in work, and you can do what you want on breaks/after work etc, but the above mentioned websites are the only ones I want and are blocked. Any ideas?

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#2 27-10-2003 8:56pm

raphaelS

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Try to chat with someone from IT dept., casualy at lunch... or maybe someone older in the company, that's amazing the thing you learn about a company in the canteen!

They can easily filter the http request by keywords (hotmail, mail, jobs, sex, double-penetration,...) or list of websites... boards.ie might do something wrong for the productivity!?

You can try to cheat but you might get fired...!

Raphael

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#3 27-10-2003 9:00pm

Zascar

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sorry just founds this post: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82662&highlight=http+tunnel which I will try tomorrow... can anyone tell me which works best?

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#4 28-10-2003 8:11pm

Mac daddy

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i have the same problem in work i use Proxify to bypass the firewall, or you can use the cloak

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