A mate works at a reasonably sized company that have blocked scoobynet. How can he continue to use the forum? I suggested there were free proxies out there that he could use by either changing his IE settings or by using something like the Guardster website.

They use the same inept IT guy that we use here but he does know how to view logs of visited sites etc. and block them accordingly.

Whats the best way to do it ?

Daft thing is that they have very little work to do and are making people redundant - so its not like he's got any work to do anyway!

Dial up

see if theres an unsecured wireless connection near his office.

If they have half a clue they will block outbound traffic on port 80 apart from their own proxy server which will prevent most attempts.

Depending on what is allowed out , you could always set up a home PC to use Remote Desktop and then connect to that from your desktop and use your home PC to browse the net

we have surf control installed and it blocks those web proxies automatically.

I got into a bit of trouble as my webmail was open all day/all week and it looked like i'd been surfing all the time as it refreshes everymin - counting as a hit!

Depending on what is allowed out , you could always set up a home PC to use Remote Desktop and then connect to that from your desktop and use your home PC to browse the net

www.logmein.com is a good one to use, its free.

If you just want to surf the net without doing RDP/Terminal Services, Google HTTP Tunnel, it tunnels out on Port 80 and uses their servers to get you what you want. You can pay a small payment for use of a faster service too:thumbup:

bear in mind that all the above are detectable by an IT department with any clue, and may be grounds for getting binned. if you're tunnelling (google for "PuTTy") this shows up as noticeably different to browsing, too...

So what your all saying is that he cant expect to browse undetected?

The home PC idea would surely be limited by the slow upload speed of his ISP ?

So what your all saying is that he cant expect to browse undetected?

The home PC idea would surely be limited by the slow upload speed of his ISP ?

any IT dept worth their salt (and in a biggish company you're likely to have one) will notice all the above, including tunnelling. what they do about it is another matter: some will show you the Acceptable Use Policy whilst security take a shovel to the contents of your desk drawer, some will turn a blind eye. it's often hard to tell what your IT dept's reaction would be in advance.

also bear in mind it's pretty common for line managers to get reports on internet use etc, and i know of quite a few contractors who've had this used on them as an excuse to get rid when they want to reduce headcount.

we've all done it, but be aware of the risks and be careful...!

is there anyway of spoofing your ip address so it looks like the internet request is coming from a different address?

is there anyway of spoofing your ip address so it looks like the internet request is coming from a different address?

if you mean so it looks to your IT dept that you're on another IP, not really.

if you mean so the outside world thinks you're on a different IP - look at proxies...

if you mean so it looks to your IT dept that you're on another IP, not really.

I am in the IT department