My boss has banned me from a website and I really need to know how I can unban myslef and so I can get on it again. It says the URL is disabled. How can I change it so I can get on it again.Any help much appreciated.
2006-11-07 20:43:45 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Well, I'm going to get you to try this URL:
http://www.freeproxy.ca
It's a proxy site. You go there, and enter the address of the site that you really want to visit in the specified box. Anybody checking your logs to see where you have been will see that your trail stops there. It leaves no trace of what you have been looking at. It's a little slow, but a good way to disguise what you are up to.
BEWARE THOUGH! I work in an IT department myself, there is probably a very good reason your boss did what he did, and there is no doubt he will be watching. He may think that it could be affecting your productivity, or may have blocked it for legal reasons. If you get caught using the site much more at work, you will very likely get fired. At work, your time belongs to your boss, simple as that!
Hope this helps, be good, and don't get caught!
2006-11-07 21:31:47 · answer #1 · answered by Deviated 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use the site outside of work time; if you've had a verbal warning you're on the way to losing your job.
If the site is a security risk there may be a good reason why you can't use it from your work pc; your company is bound by the Data Protection Act. Your customers don't want problems because your pc is infected.
2006-11-08 04:53:52 · answer #2 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, if you're boss is block a website... you're most likely spending too much of the company time on it & it definite "PINK SLIP WARNING SIGN"!!!
You could change the protocol your use to reach the website. Instead of going to like http://www.fark.com , you go to https://www.fark.com -- NOTE THE "S" AT THE END OF HTTP!
That "s" tells your browser that you're trying to use a "SECURE PROTOCOL" to access the site instead of the standard protocol. This can potentially cause problems with some browsers as they may be looking for a SSL (encryption) port to connect to as well as a security certificate.
THIS CAN ALSO RESULT IN LOSS OF A JOB AS YOU'RE TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT A PROXY BLOCK!!! So your safest bet is that you just suffer through it & be thankful that your boss hasn't done anything worse to you.
2006-11-08 04:59:11 · answer #3 · answered by TStodden 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can access the site via a proxy website, basically this means that while your boss could have denied access to http://www._____.com, you can visit a proxy website, enter the address and still visit the banned website through the proxy.
There are many such free websites around, and freeproxy.ca is not a bad one, so Deviated gave you great advice.
I hope this helps!
2006-11-08 09:05:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anthony Bernard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More information is required to help you...
What program is he using to block the web site?
Has he just done a config change in the local browser?
Is the site explicitly blocked in a proxy?
well each one would have a different response so... can't help.
Anyway it's best not to access blocked websites from work.
2006-11-08 04:57:13 · answer #5 · answered by Shalako 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should maybe consider that this goes a *little* further than just ignoring a warning to not visit a site. He didn't tell you not to go there, he blocked it. If you don't have authorisation to change security protocols (which I doubt you do since you don't know how) then would it be illegal according to your company policy?
2006-11-08 08:25:00 · answer #6 · answered by Len 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Access the website from a different computer in your office. If that doesn't work, do it from home, an internet cafe, or public library computer
2006-11-08 04:51:56 · answer #7 · answered by Sunnie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can tell you...but you WILL get fired. And possibly me too.
If he has banned you there is probably a good reason and you should stick to that kinda stuff on your home computer.
2006-11-08 04:52:34 · answer #8 · answered by gabbyx19 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tuff, except it and get working, you have to fund the next batch of incoming immigrants, with the taxes you pay from your wages.
2006-11-08 04:53:21 · answer #9 · answered by jizzi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually it depends...
it depends on what software he had used to make this banning works, if you know it, you can uninstall it...
but it's still best to ask your boss a permission, and grant you access to those sites...
check whether this site is on your IE block list...
2006-11-08 04:48:40 · answer #10 · answered by Ken 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋