[ARCHIVED THREAD] - IT Guys: Need Your Help (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 3/30/2015 9:24:57 PM EDT
| My work internet is killing me. The IT Dept has nearly every site blocked, and they monitor web traffic. Is there anyway I could use say a portable web browser and surf anonymously? Ideally I'd like something I could plug into a usb port and just run off of there with no trace on the work pc, does something like this exist? |
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No you'd still be using their internet connection. You COULD plug in a 4g data card and surf through that. But where I work you'd get fired. So just using their internet connection they can see everything? I was hoping there was a proxy browser that could connect anonymously to the internet connection, 
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you gonna get fired ... no matter what you use they will know and even attempting to bypass it on a company pc will get you in trouble... don't do it.
if you can use a USB , then i would get a website downloader and just download/sync a few of your fav sites to browse offline. |
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If your I/T department has everything locked down that much you're only option would be to play on a personal device using wireless data. Quoted: Quoted: Use a smartphone or tablet with LTE? Video surveillance, and no phones/tablets allowed. Find a job that doesn't require Super Secret Squirrel level clearance. |
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Coming from an "IT guy here" don't go down this road you will be fired.. Yes maybe/will be ways around but you will get fired if someone starts screwing with my security measures they will be fired, we are hired to do a job and your job isn't to find a way around what we do. My advice to you is to bring in your own laptop with a 4G card. |
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Quoted: Coming from an "IT guy here" don't go down this road you will be fired.. Yes maybe/will be ways around but you will get fired if someone starts screwing with my security measures they will be fired, we are hired to do a job and your job isn't to find a way around what we do. My advice to you is to bring in your own laptop with a 4G card. |
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Even if you managed to get something that gave you an encrypted socket to the outside world (SSH connection to a box that did proxy, run something like Foxy Proxy in your browser, RDP to a home machine and use that browser, etc) the monitoring gear can still see that you have an encrypted connection to something outside the network. Now, since you're trying to get around blocks on the local network, it's pretty obvious that you aren't someone who should have an encrypted stream, so you will hide the contents of your traffic, but not the GIANT RED FLAG that you've just put up to indicate that you're trying to hide something. Just do your job man. |
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They probably aren't monitoring your web surfing through your computer. They are definitely recording where you go through the firewall. A portable browser would change nothing.
You could get around it by setting up an anonymous proxy at home, but if you have to ask a question like your first post, it's highly unlikely you could to it correctly. Surf on your phone using 4G. |
Everyone keeps telling you to find another job. You probably aren't taking this advice seriously, but you should. At a place I worked, we subscribed to some filtering software. It blocked gun sites by default (including arfcom under another name). I had to reset the blocking software to allow gun sites through everytime an update was applied. Most of the guys there were into guns, but I really just unblocked it for my own interests. 
Find a job with a gun friendly IT staff. Seriously. |
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If personal phone browsing is not possible, wait until you get home on your own connection to surf. There are ways but it's a cat and mouse game and you'd have to be a lot more technically inclined than it appears you are. Not trying to be a dick but I've been the 'watcher' in numerous companies over the years, you'll get caught eventually.
If you like/value your job just wait until you get home. |
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My work internet is killing me. The IT Dept has nearly every site blocked, and they monitor web traffic. Is there anyway I could use say a portable web browser and surf anonymously? Ideally I'd like something I could plug into a usb port and just run off of there with no trace on the work pc, does something like this exist? questions: 1) are they paying you to surf the web? 2) why is there a firewall block in place? 3) have folks been terminated for violations? the answers to the above questions may provide some guidance for you. ar-jedi |
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Tor Browser Portable. That's what the NSA employees use at work. LOL bullshit. 
ar-jedi |
| You will get found out if you try to use your employers network connection in any unauthorized manner, regardless of whatever device or method you use. Stick to your smartphone 4g connection and just keep it low-pro or get a different job that isn't so locked down. |
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Quoted: My work internet is killing me. The IT Dept has nearly every site blocked, and they monitor web traffic. Is there anyway I could use say a portable web browser and surf anonymously? Ideally I'd like something I could plug into a usb port and just run off of there with no trace on the work pc, does something like this exist? Do your private Web browsing on your own computer. |
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Did you sign an IT use policy? I'll bet you did.
I'm an IT consultant. I've helped write numerous IT usage policies. Every single one has a penalty in it for subverting or attempting to subvert the network firewall / proxy server. Ninety percent of the time that penalty is termination with cause. |
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Someone explain why this wouldn't work... Quoted:
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remote desktop to your home computer? It's awful tough to make it *not* work, but the problem isn't making it work, it's making it undetectable. Even if I as the employee set it up to run on 443, the volume of traffic is going to look suspicious. And how do I explain it? I was using online banking for 6 hours? |
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I don't know why you guys won't help him. It is so simple.
OP what browser are you using? Each one has private or incognito options which will get you exactly what you need. Once you establish a private or incognito browsing session, no cookies or passwords are saved and your browsing is 100% private. I believe there is a warning banner but that is just language required by the developers lawyers. Go ahead and do it this way and you'll be surfing in glorious anonymity all day long. Most IT and security departments aren't smart enough to counter browsing this way, ignore everything else you have heard about it. No company should be allowed to impede your desire to ride on the information super-highway. If they try you're next course of action is to demand they honor your 1st Amendment rights. |
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Quoted: How about you do your job and surf arfcom in your free time? Bring a book. Draw doodles. Take extended shit breaks. Go chit chat and jabber around in the hallways like the rest of the people do. Document other people's jobs so they become expendable. But, realize if you have to ask these questions about getting around IT policies, you are hopelessly outclassed when it comes to getting it done and will get caught doing it. |
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Quoted: I don't know why you guys won't help him. It is so simple. OP what browser are you using? Each one has private or incognito options which will get you exactly what you need. Once you establish a private or incognito browsing session, no cookies or passwords are saved and your browsing is 100% private. I believe there is a warning banner but that is just language required by the developers lawyers. Go ahead and do it this way and you'll be surfing in glorious anonymity all day long. Most IT and security departments aren't smart enough to counter browsing this way, ignore everything else you have heard about it. No company should be allowed to impede your desire to ride on the information super-highway. If they try you're next course of action is to demand they honor your 1st Amendment rights. |
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I don't know why you guys won't help him. It is so simple. OP what browser are you using? Each one has private or incognito options which will get you exactly what you need. Once you establish a private or incognito browsing session, no cookies or passwords are saved and your browsing is 100% private. I believe there is a warning banner but that is just language required by the developers lawyers. Go ahead and do it this way and you'll be surfing in glorious anonymity all day long. Most IT and security departments aren't smart enough to counter browsing this way, ignore everything else you have heard about it. No company should be allowed to impede your desire to ride on the information super-highway. If they try you're next course of action is to demand they honor your 1st Amendment rights. Can't tell if sarcasm, or? |
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Video surveillance, and no phones/tablets allowed. Quoted:
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Use a smartphone or tablet with LTE? Video surveillance, and no phones/tablets allowed. ...and you think you can sneak in other hardware and circumvent the network? 
Don't bother. Your best bet is to talk to the IT guys, first find out why they are blocking a specific site. They might be auto blocking everything that hits on key words or using a pre-populated list of websites.... and they might unblock them for you. |
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Can't tell if sarcasm, or? Quoted:
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I don't know why you guys won't help him. It is so simple. OP what browser are you using? Each one has private or incognito options which will get you exactly what you need. Once you establish a private or incognito browsing session, no cookies or passwords are saved and your browsing is 100% private. I believe there is a warning banner but that is just language required by the developers lawyers. Go ahead and do it this way and you'll be surfing in glorious anonymity all day long. Most IT and security departments aren't smart enough to counter browsing this way, ignore everything else you have heard about it. No company should be allowed to impede your desire to ride on the information super-highway. If they try you're next course of action is to demand they honor your 1st Amendment rights. Can't tell if sarcasm, or? I'm not sure either. Because incognito mode will get you caught faster than a politician in a bathroom stall. |