Wondering about my choice of employer

[mark]

They started blocking Internet access. Haven't caught onto Canreef yet but they are blocking photobucket and such so the images don't show.

What am I to do now during my ah lunch?

[banditpowdercoat]

My place did that long time ago. Then they removes all internet access completly. Well, I am no longer working there. Not working anywhere right now acctually.

[Phanman]

you could use a proxy server to get past it.

[Aquattro]

you could use a proxy server to get past it.

Unless proxy settings are enforced with GPO. OR you could install Firefox and use a proxy, unless Firefox is blocked by GPO. Ya, I'm the guy that blocks stuff with GPO at work :)

[banditpowdercoat]

What the heck IS a proxy??

[SEAN DUFFY]

drink beer and smoke stuff at lunch it makes the day go by like you weren't even there.

[Matt]

you could use a proxy server to get past it.
Subverting company policies, or playing cat-and-mouse with your company's security team is a quick way to ensure you won't have to worry about choosing that employer for long.

[DanG]

I had to be the bad guy at work and block all the fun stuff.

Our ISP gives us 200GB a month in bandwidth, and when you have a staff of 80, it doesn't take too long to blow through that. We're getting dinged $5/GB over our allowance, so I've blocked the "potentially bandwidth consuming" and "potentially time consuming" categories. Not to be a jerk, but to keep as close to my 200GB a month.