Web washed FF Sites (1 Viewer)

[TTCrusher]

Guys, I/ We here at my work have a serious problem.

Our company just moved to a new network/system that blocks web sits called Web Washer.

None of us can go to our league run sites anymore.

Example: Notification Request Blocked by URL Filter Database Your request to URL "http://www.fanball.com/fb/index.cfm" has been blocked by the Webwasher URL filter database. The URL is listed in categories (Computer Games, Sports) which are not allowed by your administrator at this time.

Do any of you know how to get around this or is there a way to inform these iste to change their address?

Thanks in advance to you tech heads!

p.s. Footballguys, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don't change a thing with your main web site and forums!

They are safe as of right now.

 

[fsufan]

my company did this a while back. Someone in our IT help department gave me a proxy address that got around it

 

[Kip Dynamite]

i could use this info as well

 

[KTM]

If your leagues are on MFL, tell your commish to go over to the support board and find Habman's portal.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

How to

 

[ThePittbully]

just search "peacefire" and "circumventor" on google. Install it and use your home computer as a proxy, easy as pie

 

[Bri]

http://www.hidemy420.info/

 

[crush304]

I've herd you can use the ip address for the site instead of the url

to get the ip, open the command window and type ping www.fanball.com

 

[3C's]

I've herd you can use the ip address for the site instead of the urlto get the ip, open the command window and type ping www.fanball.com

That'll often work because the people/person setting up the filter do so by url. MFL is blocked at work, but I can always get there with the IP. And they have a thread in their forum with all the IP addresses.

 

[Tick]

It's FF. Don't get fired over it.

 

[thecardiackid]

I work in the IT biz (selling software), and understand why "mgmt" feels a need to block non-work related sites.

There are lots of articles covering billions of $$$ of lost productivity due to employees screwing around on the job. Basically, from a "productivity" standpoint, your company (surprisingly) would rather you actually be doing your job vs. managing your 10 leagues and making FF trades.

Be careful - just b/c you're hitting IP addys vs. urls (getting around the system), the monitoring software still knows where you're going. Big brother is *usually* there @ work, hiding in a server on your network - watching where you go.

And depending on your job status, boss, etc., employers could use evidence like this (wasting time on the job) to justify firing someone.

 

[Tibereas]

It's FF. Don't get fired over it.

As a business owner with 1 employee(me). I would suspend the person trying to get around this on the very next sunny day.

 

[my man otis]

It's FF. Don't get fired over it.

yeah, pretty much.i don't mean to sound condescending, but your firm put that there for a reason.they probably have noticed non-work related surfing and want to put a stop to it.using some method to circumvent may not be an ideal move right now.

 

[fatness]

I work in the IT biz (selling software), and understand why "mgmt" feels a need to block non-work related sites. There are lots of articles covering billions of $$$ of lost productivity due to employees screwing around on the job. Basically, from a "productivity" standpoint, your company (surprisingly) would rather you actually be doing your job vs. managing your 10 leagues and making FF trades.

Those statistics of "lost productivity" are totally made up without any empirical evidence. It's crap that companies spout to support cracking down on whatever they dream up to crack down on.People do not work 8 hours straight, uninterrupted, each day. They take mental (and sometimes physical) breaks. What you want as an employer is the most you can reasonably get from someone on a daily basis. And no, I'm not an employee. I'm an employer. I don't block access for my employees.

 

[ThePittbully]

It's FF. Don't get fired over it.

yeah, pretty much.i don't mean to sound condescending, but your firm put that there for a reason.they probably have noticed non-work related surfing and want to put a stop to it.using some method to circumvent may not be an ideal move right now.

Unless you tell other people about your own personal proxy or your superiors have hired someone to take the time to browse all sites visited (Highly unlikely, most likely they are just trusting they're surfware is doing the job) then you should be able to safely use the circumventor risk free

 

[Kip Dynamite]

But what if you are using your labtop from home at work? You use the work's wireless router but it still blocks certain sites but you use a site that hides the url address. There is no way they can find it..right?

 

[laxiepoo]

It's FF. Don't get fired over it.

I am an IT Administrator. It's not worth getting fired over. Check the boards and news at home, or ask your IT admin to open up the filters from 12:00 - 1:00 for your lunch break.If they installed something like this in the company, it means they're worried about productivity or resource allocation. The former means they want better numbers, but the latter means they might just need to reduce bandwidth consumption.-- Lax

 

[thecardiackid]

But what if you are using your labtop from home at work? You use the work's wireless router but it still blocks certain sites but you use a site that hides the url address. There is no way they can find it..right?

Use your WiFi software to try to locate another (open - non WEP/password enabled) network and use that. Getting online via another private network will stop the blocks.If that's not an option - and you're still "motivated", you could buy a booster antenna (like a Yagi) and give that a try - pending where you could mount/locate it, but no guarantees you'd find a open network.The best suggestion was from the IT Admin - asking your IT to open the filter(s) @ lunch time.

 

[thecardiackid]

It's FF. Don't get fired over it.

yeah, pretty much.i don't mean to sound condescending, but your firm put that there for a reason.they probably have noticed non-work related surfing and want to put a stop to it.using some method to circumvent may not be an ideal move right now.

Unless you tell other people about your own personal proxy or your superiors have hired someone to take the time to browse all sites visited (Highly unlikely, most likely they are just trusting they're surfware is doing the job) then you should be able to safely use the circumventor risk free

Don't underestimate the technology or the mgmt's motivation here. Alarms can be set based upon your network node and online activity, so they don't need someone reading log files. Reports can be auto-generated - showing who's doing what.And they can probably trace route your proxy'd IP activity to see where you're actually going because the data is still coming back on their routers. This application was originally designed to block/eliminate porn in the workplace - for sexual harrassment concerns. Now they've simply expanded it to cover just about everything (chat rooms, IMs, FF, personals, etc.).

 

[Polish Hammer]

 

[CheeseHead]

This is all you need...

http://www.peacefire.org/circumventor/simp...structions.html

 

[TTCrusher]

Just wanted to say thanks to you all.

I should have stated that I have no plans on doing anything that would get me fired!

Most likely I'll be buying myself a laptop and using separate wifi so i can manage my FF league.

As the Commissioner of my main league I had a minor heart attack when my company installed this web washer.

Thanks for the support - All FootballGuys Rule!

 

[njxbean]

http://www.weprox.com/

just go to this site. and enter the url. it will let you browse any page through that page. works like a charm! Enjoy!!

 

[md8]

In case one of the proxy sites gets blocked. Here are some more:

http://proxy.org/proxies_sorted.shtml