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School · 02-02-2008, 01:14 PM

Hello everyone and thanks for looking at my thread. I am a 911 telecommunicator for a very busy township. Unfortunatly our supervisors have decided to disable most internet use due to other people at work going on stupied websites that they should not be going on at work . Thankfully this did not affect me getting on to this site. My work is using a program called sonic wall to block all of our sites. My question is what site can i go through that will work and i heard there is a way to set up a server from a private residence that we can use at work to go to any site.
If anyone has any information please help thanks....

reiella · 02-02-2008, 02:16 PM

What you're refering to is called a proxy server.

But umm, I don't think it's the best idea to try to circumvent methods your place of employment has put in place to keep you from accessing the outside when you're on the clock.

unreal1080p · 02-02-2008, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reiella

What you're refering to is called a proxy server.

But umm, I don't think it's the best idea to try to circumvent methods your place of employment has put in place to keep you from accessing the outside when you're on the clock.

Especially with the lives of people hanging in the balance (911 telecom employee)

galz · 02-02-2008, 02:50 PM

They will still be able to tell where you are going while at work, unless you have rights to setup your own proxy server. (which I doubt) Most likely your already going through thier proxy server. The only way to get around it (if they are set up like most work enviorments), is if you have remote access to another computer off site that you can browse through. They will be able to tell when you connect to that computer.

That would most likely be grounds to get you in trouble at work as it sounds like you would be violating thier network policies.

jsteinhauer · 02-02-2008, 04:10 PM

Be grateful for the protections your employer has in place. It can save you from the weirdos

here who post untitled links to bizarre websites that can easily get you fired for linking to at work. I, for one, am most grateful that I did not link the other day at the office to a site about queefs.

I am self employed, but work in a hospital where I know they can track every keystroke. My daily workflow is usually periods of intense activity broken up by periods of complete downtime, which I mostly spend on the internet. I keep waiting for someone to approach me about the non-occupational activity.

Sylin · 02-02-2008, 04:49 PM

No offense to the OP (I'm sure you're a decent guy), but if I found out that my local 911 operators were surfing the net while doing a critical, life-hanging-in-the-balance job that MY tax dollars pay for, I'd be pretty upset.

Please surf on your own time. When you work for a public works company and you're on the clock, you are on MY time, and my kids' time, and my neighbor's time. Stealing it for personal pursuits is insulting and immoral.

I have no problem with magazines or books for downtime, but it's a proven fact that Internet use is far more distracting. Plus, if you get a 911 call, you have to put the book down to interact with your terminal, whereas you could have a web browser up playing Zuma while some poor guy is dying.

Plus, a lot of other posters have it right: if your employer put those restrictions in place, trying to circumvent them is probably a firing offense.

Papi4baby · 02-02-2008, 05:24 PM

The last thing you want to do it go around anything like that, it is grounds for you to get fired or penalized, is not worth it.

Zyclone · 02-02-2008, 09:27 PM

not to be rude but why don't you do your job instead of dicking around on the net.

Kayne314 · 02-02-2008, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by School

Hello everyone and thanks for looking at my thread. I am a 911 telecommunicator for a very busy township. Unfortunatly our supervisors have decided to disable most internet use due to other people at work going on stupied websites that they should not be going on at work . Thankfully this did not affect me getting on to this site. My work is using a program called sonic wall to block all of our sites. My question is what site can i go through that will work and i heard there is a way to set up a server from a private residence that we can use at work to go to any site.
If anyone has any information please help thanks....

Seriously. I love Blu-ray.com. If I could I'd wire it directly to my brain. But You shouldn't be surfing this site from a 911 call center.

You have more important things to be doing... don't you think?

I work at an electronics store where we actually sell Blu-ray players, and even I don't surf this site while I'm at work.

Get paid, do your job. When you come home, Blu-ray.com will be waiting for you.

DetroitSportsFan · 02-02-2008, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by School

Hello everyone and thanks for looking at my thread. I am a 911 telecommunicator for a very busy township. Unfortunatly our supervisors have decided to disable most internet use due to other people at work going on stupied websites that they should not be going on at work . Thankfully this did not affect me getting on to this site. My work is using a program called sonic wall to block all of our sites. My question is what site can i go through that will work and i heard there is a way to set up a server from a private residence that we can use at work to go to any site.
If anyone has any information please help thanks....

Is this you?

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/15054672/detail.html

un4gvn94538 · 02-02-2008, 10:36 PM

WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID!! hope your not in my city

jw · 02-02-2008, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

Is this you?

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/15054672/detail.html

The 911 operators were on a sex chat site, they didnt have no time for work, now they are going to jail, serves them right.

My sisters both work dispatch and she told me a while back that the only website they can access are government related sites and the local newspaper.
Alot of this was done to prevent outside interference such as a rogue spam virus infecting and disabling the 911 system. I would hate to be the one to do that and cost the city thousands of dollars

Cordre69 · 02-02-2008, 11:25 PM

I'd go crazy without my Blu-Ray.com!

actionhank · 02-03-2008, 02:27 AM

The restrictions were put in there for a reason... do your job man, it doesn't matter where you work, you're on your employer's time don't waste it.

reiella · 02-03-2008, 02:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ikcizokm

No offense to the OP (I'm sure you're a decent guy), but if I found out that my local 911 operators were surfing the net while doing a critical, life-hanging-in-the-balance job that MY tax dollars pay for, I'd be pretty upset.

Please surf on your own time. When you work for a public works company and you're on the clock, you are on MY time, and my kids' time, and my neighbor's time. Stealing it for personal pursuits is insulting and immoral.

I have no problem with magazines or books for downtime, but it's a proven fact that Internet use is far more distracting. Plus, if you get a 911 call, you have to put the book down to interact with your terminal, whereas you could have a web browser up playing Zuma while some poor guy is dying.

Plus, a lot of other posters have it right: if your employer put those restrictions in place, trying to circumvent them is probably a firing offense.

911 is slow... Very very slow. Because they have to be horrendously overstaffed.

One of my friends at the 911 center in town has gone a week [6day/8hr, go mandatory overtime] without getting a single call.

I can sympathesize, I really can with not wanting to be bored at work.

That said, I don't think that's the best idea.

PeechCobblerPie · 02-03-2008, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by unreal1080p

Especially with the lives of people hanging in the balance (911 telecom employee)

yeah.... that kind of scares me

"I can't answer it now! almost to the high score on tower defense!!"

xtop · 02-03-2008, 04:29 AM

i love seeing threads like this, complaining because they actually have to work instead of surf the net.

i don't care what excuse you have, work while you're at work.

Wondermaker · 02-03-2008, 05:13 AM

I'm going to have to concur with the majority here - the internet may be useful and highly informative, but it's also an addictive pastime. The best answer to your question is that you should avoid trying to circumvent your employer's proxy server and focus instead on doing your job (especially when it's at an emergency call center).

Closing thread now to prevent further heckling.

02-02-2008, 01:14 PM	#1
School Power Member Member since:Dec 2007 Home Theater Gallery:11 Blu-ray collection:299 Trading Score:7	Work banned all websites - help? Hello everyone and thanks for looking at my thread. I am a 911 telecommunicator for a very busy township. Unfortunatly our supervisors have decided to disable most internet use due to other people at work going on stupied websites that they should not be going on at work . Thankfully this did not affect me getting on to this site. My work is using a program called sonic wall to block all of our sites. My question is what site can i go through that will work and i heard there is a way to set up a server from a private residence that we can use at work to go to any site. If anyone has any information please help thanks....

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02-02-2008, 02:16 PM	#2
reiella Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2006 Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray collection:237 DVD collection:1	What you're refering to is called a proxy server. But umm, I don't think it's the best idea to try to circumvent methods your place of employment has put in place to keep you from accessing the outside when you're on the clock.

02-02-2008, 02:50 PM	#4
galz Active Member Member since:Oct 2007	They will still be able to tell where you are going while at work, unless you have rights to setup your own proxy server. (which I doubt) Most likely your already going through thier proxy server. The only way to get around it (if they are set up like most work enviorments), is if you have remote access to another computer off site that you can browse through. They will be able to tell when you connect to that computer. That would most likely be grounds to get you in trouble at work as it sounds like you would be violating thier network policies.

02-02-2008, 04:10 PM	#5
jsteinhauer Gaming Moderator Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray reviews:120 Trading Score:66	Be grateful for the protections your employer has in place. It can save you from the weirdos here who post untitled links to bizarre websites that can easily get you fired for linking to at work. I, for one, am most grateful that I did not link the other day at the office to a site about queefs. I am self employed, but work in a hospital where I know they can track every keystroke. My daily workflow is usually periods of intense activity broken up by periods of complete downtime, which I mostly spend on the internet. I keep waiting for someone to approach me about the non-occupational activity.

02-02-2008, 04:49 PM	#6
Sylin Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Nashville Blu-ray collection:1 Trading Score:159	No offense to the OP (I'm sure you're a decent guy), but if I found out that my local 911 operators were surfing the net while doing a critical, life-hanging-in-the-balance job that MY tax dollars pay for, I'd be pretty upset. Please surf on your own time. When you work for a public works company and you're on the clock, you are on MY time, and my kids' time, and my neighbor's time. Stealing it for personal pursuits is insulting and immoral. I have no problem with magazines or books for downtime, but it's a proven fact that Internet use is far more distracting. Plus, if you get a 911 call, you have to put the book down to interact with your terminal, whereas you could have a web browser up playing Zuma while some poor guy is dying. Plus, a lot of other posters have it right: if your employer put those restrictions in place, trying to circumvent them is probably a firing offense.

02-02-2008, 05:24 PM	#7
Papi4baby Special Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:That man from Nantucket Blu-ray collection:32	The last thing you want to do it go around anything like that, it is grounds for you to get fired or penalized, is not worth it.

02-02-2008, 09:27 PM	#8
Zyclone Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Somewhere over the rainbow Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:304	not to be rude but why don't you do your job instead of dicking around on the net.

02-02-2008, 10:36 PM	#11
un4gvn94538 Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Limbo (Bakersfield, Ca.) 4K collection:143 Blu-ray collection:811 DVD collection:54 Digital collection:1494 Trading Score:277	WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID!! hope your not in my city

02-02-2008, 11:25 PM	#13
Cordre69 Power Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Livermore, CA 4K collection:218 Blu-ray collection:1094 Trading Score:1	I'd go crazy without my Blu-Ray.com!

02-03-2008, 02:27 AM	#14
actionhank Senior Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Las Vegas, Nevada	The restrictions were put in there for a reason... do your job man, it doesn't matter where you work, you're on your employer's time don't waste it.

02-03-2008, 04:29 AM	#17
xtop Blu-ray Count Member since:Oct 2007 Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Trading Score:3	i love seeing threads like this, complaining because they actually have to work instead of surf the net. i don't care what excuse you have, work while you're at work.

02-03-2008, 05:13 AM	#18
Wondermaker Senior Member Member since:Sep 2006 Blu-ray collection:53	I'm going to have to concur with the majority here - the internet may be useful and highly informative, but it's also an addictive pastime. The best answer to your question is that you should avoid trying to circumvent your employer's proxy server and focus instead on doing your job (especially when it's at an emergency call center). Closing thread now to prevent further heckling.

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