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Mag-X:
The simplest thing I would try first is get yourself a copy of USB Opera. If you turn on Opera Turbo, it will compress/render the web pages on Opera's servers and then send the completed web page to you. The idea is to help people with slow internet, but it also works as a proxy. It's one of the reasons Opera is popular in countries where the internet is censored.

Personally, I bring my own laptop to work, and tunnel to my home connection using the built in Windows 7 VPN software. You'll need admin rights to make this work. My company has very lax security policies though. I also work in I.T., so no one cares. No only does Help Desk know about it, they do it too.

You could also use Team Viewer. It has a no install option that will should work with a limited user account. Install it on your home machine, and then connect to it at work using the no install option. My work's network blocks the VPN part, but the VNC function still works.

bork:
They can block port 80 at their firewall and force all of it through the proxy
They can do packet inspection and look for HTTP requests.
They can see VPN tunnels being established
They can tell if you install a USB into THEIR computers
They can log every site you visit

If they have a proxy that is that locked down, they would be the types that like rules and take pleasure in enforcing them.

You are trying to end around their system, you can get fired.
Of course now you can do internet at home.

You have a job, do not screw it up.

wolkec:

--- Quote from: bork on April 18, 2010, 04:15:03 AM ---They can block port 80 at their firewall and force all of it through the proxy
They can do packet inspection and look for HTTP requests.
They can see VPN tunnels being established
They can tell if you install a USB into THEIR computers
They can log every site you visit

If they have a proxy that is that locked down, they would be the types that like rules and take pleasure in enforcing them.

You are trying to end around their system, you can get fired.
Of course now you can do internet at home.

You have a job, do not screw it up.

--- End quote ---
What he is trying to say is, they have a whitelist meaning it can be impossible to connect to any other proxy or another computer. I suggest you bring a laptop and go on wirless (or with phone).

Xiong Chiamiov:
Your IT guys probably aren't the types to get you fired on a first offence, but you'd know more than us how dickish they are.

Damn, limited connectivity?  Aside from the fact that I wouldn't be able to access the server where I do all my work (or the repository hosts for all our code), my productivity would drop to at least a quarter of what it is now.  Programming without google/SO sucks balls.

Jesta23:

--- Quote from: Xiong Chiamiov on April 18, 2010, 07:51:59 AM ---Your IT guys probably aren't the types to get you fired on a first offence, but you'd know more than us how dickish they are.

Damn, limited connectivity?  Aside from the fact that I wouldn't be able to access the server where I do all my work (or the repository hosts for all our code), my productivity would drop to at least a quarter of what it is now.  Programming without google/SO sucks balls.

--- End quote ---

Im sure they would fire on the first offense. Ill just stay away from it. We also have a paperless environment, meaning no pens, no paper, and no cell phones at our work area. So they are really strict.

I got in trouble about a month ago for having a piece of paper at my desk, all that was on this paper was my schedule.

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