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| Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 10:16:18 PM #47464 |
 BLOOD Member 'Oh yeah basically fuck yeah' Level 11 Posts: 383 Submissions: 17  | SO it turns out YN is blocked at work under the category of "Games." (I blame you Dodge, you and your FGOTW!) I want to know how the fuck they even know about YN as it is not a very mainstream site. I mean, I could see why RE is filed under Adult/Mature content because some eggs delve into bomb making and pyrotechnics and such but YN? Games? Not even "social networking"?? Honestly, Websense is fucking retarded. Usually I browse Digg at work and some of the links to the stories will be blocked but others won't. Sometimes the link's comment page will be blocked but the link itself won't be. Or vice versa. Hell, even the Wiki article for "Vagina" is blocked under "Pornography." Anyone know how the criteria they use to block sites? I was thinking it must be done by keyword but that can't be true as I have been able to access some offensive sites that do use naughty language. It just seems so arbitrary. |
"The Emperor... wants to control outer space. Yoda... wants to explore inner space. That's the fundamental difference between the good and bad sides of the Force.*blown minds* I don't know where it comes sometimes. It frightens me."  |
| Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 10:24:16 PM #47465 |
 Indy Member 'Garburator' Level 45 Posts: 1,937 Submissions: 95 | Ours was Novell shit, and I know its done by keyword, which some sites get missed or are new, but the second you're caught on one it's more than likely blocked in a week. |
Deny! Deny! Deny! |
| Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 11:33:39 PM #47466 |
 Tommyboy Site Admin 'GIMME MOAR YN!!' Level 123 Posts: 781 Submissions: 21 | For now I can still view YN at work on their computer. I work for a German owned chemical company so I'm not sure for how long I'll be able to use it to see YN, they are really "PC" crazy and block all the good stuff every so often. I try to keep the cookies deleted, but I'm not sure if they can still see them on their end or not. |
spaghettifier = rump ranger |
| Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 11:52:13 PM #47468 |
 Overlord Member 'Supreme Ruler' Level 16 Posts: 1,068 Submissions: 19 | I'm pretty sure Websense blocks based upon metatags. My work uses that POS as well. Perhaps Toasty could have mirrors like RE because www.rotteneggs.com gets blocked by websense but any mirror (i.e. www2.rotteneggs.com, etc) does not get blocked. Also, you can load a client for VPN services on a datakey and setup a home computer to accept connections. Even if your work blocks standard VPN ports you can always set yours up to use a standard acceptable port like 80 or 8080. You can even use your router for port redirection. For example, you can use your VPN client to connect to your home ip 189.12.13.45:8080 and you can have your router redirect 8080 to the standard VPN port 1723. I've also figured out a way to bypass the program blocking services which stop unauthorized installs. |
The Overlord rules the Universe. |
| Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 11:55:54 PM #47469 |
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Tommyboy Site Admin 'GIMME MOAR YN!!' Level 123 Posts: 781 Submissions: 21 | That's impressive Overlord, care to stop by my job and tweak my work computer? |
spaghettifier = rump ranger |
| Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 11:58:27 PM #47470 |
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Overlord Member 'Supreme Ruler' Level 16 Posts: 1,068 Submissions: 19 | That's not usually what I get asked to tweak... . . . . . . . XD |
The Overlord rules the Universe. |
| Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 11:59:34 PM #47471 |
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Tommyboy Site Admin 'GIMME MOAR YN!!' Level 123 Posts: 781 Submissions: 21 | Lol, I hear ya! coded message there. |
spaghettifier = rump ranger |
| Saturday, July 31st, 2010 at 12:49:09 AM #47472 |
 Toasty SysOp Level 40 Posts: 7,388 Submissions: 227 | That's shitty, but I guess that means that YN is getting bigger, or the fact that around a month ago, I changed the meta tags from the topic title to the first post. Meh. Overlord seems to have the winning plan. |
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| Saturday, July 31st, 2010 at 9:53:39 PM #47527 |
 Pyro451 Member 'ToO hARdcoRe foR AA' Level 29 Posts: 1,885 Submissions: 50 | My school uses 8e6. Probably the hardest filter ever to get past, built and run my bible thumping nuns with a passionate hatred for proxies and non-bible websites. Cyanide and happiness (explosm.net), for example, was blocked under "Bad taste". RE was blocked the last time I tried, but YN is not. |
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| Sunday, August 1st, 2010 at 10:02:13 AM #47549 |
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Overlord Member 'Supreme Ruler' Level 16 Posts: 1,068 Submissions: 19 | Pyro451, see if www3.rotteneggs.com is blocked. I'm curious to see if that system is able to catch it. Please report the results back here.  |
The Overlord rules the Universe. |
| Sunday, August 1st, 2010 at 1:21:17 PM #47560 |
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Pyro451 Member 'ToO hARdcoRe foR AA' Level 29 Posts: 1,885 Submissions: 50 | Sure, in 3 weeks when I go back to school I'll see... if I remember. |
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