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Subject: "Safe" Browsing @work
Posted by: smartone @work
- [10558714] Fri, Jun 11, 2004, 12:42
My company is using Websense (www.websense.com) which is a pretty effective tool to block "improper" usage of the Internet during work. I am afraid that one day, hopefully not too soon, some of my favorite sites (rotoguru, yahoo-roto-games etc) will be blocked, so I was thinking about a solution.
Does anyone know about a web site (let's call it the "basic site") that provides "safe browsing"? It actually requires that this site will have some sort of a java-browser, so once you visit this site, you will start browsing in the "browser-in-browser" so websense will think that you are visiting the "basic site" and will never realize the kind of "junk" that the user is actually doing.
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| 1 | Trip
Donor
ID: 13961611
Fri, Jun 11, 2004, 12:50
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For Yahoo! games you can use the altavista babelfish translator.
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
I would think that most other similar sites (ones without a business purpose) would be blocked by websense.
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| 2 | smartone @work
ID: 10558714
Fri, Jun 11, 2004, 13:03
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Trip, this could be a nice last-resort solution for "read-only" info, but i was wondering if there is a "full solution" browsing expereince available. BTW, i tried to access my Yahoo team by translating the page to French, but it requested me to log-on and I am sure that websense would block it.
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| 3 | Great One
ID: 523121411
Thu, Jun 15, 2006, 23:27
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I had been using this but websense caught on... looking for new ideas!
Also, I have interest in wiping out the histories of what I have looked at there, can anyone suggest all the steps I should take to do so? I am thinking its tracking my activity.
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| 4 | Addicted
Dude
ID: 4611592518
Fri, Jun 16, 2006, 05:40
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Do a google search on "Anonymous Proxy".
First hit was a service called Proxify.
But when I tried it (the free portion), It was busy.
The 2nd hit was "The Cloak". Seemed to work when I connected to RotoGuru.
BTW - Be sure you use the encrypted connection, otherwise websense will be able to see the keywords.
Of course, websense could have "Anonymous Proxy" and these sites blocked. But it's worth a try.
--Addicted--
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| 5 | Addicted
Dude
ID: 4611592518
Fri, Jun 16, 2006, 05:45
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Just tried to post under "The Cloak".
This is when they hit you up for the money.
Otherwise seems to work.
--Addicted--
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| 6 | Great One
ID: 523121411
Fri, Jun 16, 2006, 07:33
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I'll try that one out today.
What about deleting out histories of things you've looked at? I did temporary internet files, cookies and history. Any other places?
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| 7 | Bond, James Bond
ID: 335271522
Fri, Jun 16, 2006, 08:00
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Want to share what type of things you looked at Great One? ;)
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| 8 | Great One
ID: 523121411
Fri, Jun 16, 2006, 17:47
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Careerbuilder and Monster type sites mainly! and of course all the wrestling and sports sites which surely left spyware, cookies etc.
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