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    Circumvent WebSense?

    WebSense has been slowly eating all my FFXI resources here at work. BG Wiki worked for a while but not anymore. Other wiki used to have an alternate address (ffxi.wikia.com) that worked but now the alternate address automatically forwards you to wiki.ffxiclopedia.org which is blocked. Another coworker figured out that we could bypass WebSense using google page translator, but that trick doesn't work anymore either. Somepage, Alla, and KI have always been blocked. This leaves me with http://ffxi-wiki.de/index.php/Hauptseite which is out-of-date and German...

    Any tips/tricks or advice?

    Luckily BG forum isn't blocked yet!

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    Sounds to me like it's just websense doing what it's supposed to do- you are at work after all (although so am I!).

    I'm guessing your only hope is to

    1) Get the sites unblocked by IT (lol, good luck)
    2) Get the admin password for the filter by proving to IT that your work is being slowed/blocked by the filter... this one requires you to be pretty tricky :3
    3) Use a proxy to browse, like boxofprox, etc. This will probably get you fired depending on your IT policies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunslinger View Post
    3) Use a proxy to browse, like boxofprox, etc. This will probably get you fired depending on your IT policies.
    Reitterating this point if it wasn't made clear enough.

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    Seeing as i work in IT myself for a Entertainment company and have to deal with WebSense requests daily, using a proxy to get around WebSense normally does not work since most WebSense SA's will block proxy sites if they have half a brain. Your best bet is to make a excuse as to why you need access to this site for your work.

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    If you're savvy enough, you can create your own SSH tunnel to surf, but it's similar to using a proxy. Also, shouldn't this be in the tech support forum?

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    FFXIclopedia works, but you can't just type in ffxi.wikia.com, you have to type in ffxi.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page. Some of their links throughout the site point back to wiki.ffxiclopedia.org, just have to replace that with the wikia address and everything works fine.

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    Best bet i wouldn't even try it. I mean come on how would you like to honestly get fired for something as stupid as this.

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    Get a better job! I'm browsing at work right now!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunslinger View Post
    3) Use a proxy to browse, like boxofprox, etc. This will probably get you fired depending on your IT policies.
    I tried this, but most proxy browsers are blocked by websense also, then I resorted to GoToMyPC, admins found it installed on my computer, deleted it and I got a written warning not to do it again... So for now im stuck on BG.

    I havent found anything decent to failwiki or bgwiki, but if you just want to look up stats for certain gear pieces best site ive found is
    http://characters.shirtninjas.com/item_search.php is pretty good and kept up to date. Though you cant do that much there other then search for gear.
    BG, my ls forums, and shirtninjas get me throught the day.

    edit: ffxi.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page doesnt work for me either, still filtered as games.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Therin View Post
    Get a better job! I'm browsing at work right now!

    Never know how things are going to change though. My job used to have 100% free browsing, then we were bought by a much larger company and most everything got locked down. :/ Sucks, but I'm not exactly going to go find a new job over it. :/

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    Quote Originally Posted by sleekmotorwurkz View Post
    I tried this, but most proxy browsers are blocked by websense also, then I resorted to GoToMyPC, admins found it installed on my computer, deleted it and I got a written warning not to do it again... So for now im stuck on BG.


    If the problem with the admins were with installing new software on the PC, there is a way around this, Granted that the PC is installed with XP or Vista on the windows o/s. Just look into using Remote desktop. Any PC with windows above XP Home installed, has this application pre-installed with the system unless the admins remove it by default.

    However the host of the service must have XP Pro or above, so that's one downside to it.. Although there may've been a way to get it on XP Home with registry hacks

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    I used to use Circumventor to set up my machine at home to help me browse while at work. It takes a little work though and sometimes I'd forget to leave my computer on at home.

    Some of the proxy sites will work if they're secure. You could always try something like https://proxify.com instead of http://proxify.com. I think megaproxy is one you can use as well.

    I even used JAP for a while, that seemed to work great. Take note though that I'm in a situation where I really don't care if I'm released from my current job, lol.

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    If you've had a written warning already, do you really want to get sacked? Any IT administrator worth his salt will catch you.

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    A couple years back when I had to deal with Websense, I'd always use mysterytour... Dunno if it's still unblocked, but it worked as a seviceable alternative when everything else was blocked.

    Another option, iPhone.

    I'd personally stay away from proxies. We had a vendor come in one time and hooked up to a proxy to get around Websense... By 10am, IT admins found him and shut him down.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vedder View Post
    A couple years back when I had to deal with Websense, I'd always use mysterytour... Dunno if it's still unblocked, but it worked as a seviceable alternative when everything else was blocked.

    Another option, iPhone.

    I'd personally stay away from proxies. We had a vendor come in one time and hooked up to a proxy to get around Websense... By 10am, IT admins found him and shut him down.
    I'm not too familiar with mysterytour itself, but anything that I used to be able to use that long ago has been shut down for a long time. Websense is getting smarter lol

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    When I was at aplace that locked everything down, I just got a new phone with unlimited browsing. Couldn't get into my email or anything otherwise. Obviously you can't sit there all day with your phone, but good for a quick break browse.

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    ffxi.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page is websensed. Mysterytour used to work but has been blocked for a year or so now.

    Shirtninjas works! Thanks for the tip

    My next phone will be an iPhone, Xperia, or Touch Pro...