Getting around websense !!

darkmagic

Ok guys, i have this question for all you guys who want to do something innovative

I am in a office which has around 250-300 computers, each of which has a private IP, ofcourse. The problem is that recently they have installed "Websense" on the network, & no one can access any inappropriate site, even some networking sites. I used to sit & read some networking articles on some good sites like www.firewall.cx, but those sites also have unfortunately been blocked.

The workstations like mine are devoid of any rights ( we are not even allowed to change the wall paper for the computer).

In the above circumstances, is there anyway any of you security geeks here can suggest to get around this?

johnnynodough

look on the net (at home) for a internet proxy server that you can connect to and redirect your URL access for you, but if they have websense configured well, they will probably blacklist those as well.

We use Wensense as well, but I have admin rights on all my boxes, so I just VPN to home and surf from there. I wouldnt have to do this but we block EVERYTHING

darkmagic

johnnynodough wrote:

look on the net (at home) for a internet proxy server that you can connect to and redirect your URL access for you, but if they have websense configured well, they will probably blacklist those as well.

Well, When i click on Tools >> Internet Options >> On this tab there is no "Connections" tab so that i can use that proxy

johnnynodough wrote:

We use Wensense as well, but I have admin rights on all my boxes, so I just VPN to home and surf from there. I wouldnt have to do this but we block EVERYTHING

Lucky you

Off Topic:
Hey johny & you again changed your "avatar", what hapenned to your routers

Edit1:
Hey, i just noticed that i posted this in the wrong "category", i wanted to post it in the "Offtopic" but posted it in the "General Certification". Sorry, MODS !!

johnnynodough

no, you wont configure your PC to connect to a proxy server.

You will connect to a proxy server via URL in your address bar - i.e.


http://proxy.gettingaroundwebsense.com

and from there you connect to your URLs.

or http://proxy.web.com/rdict=www.techexams.net

darkmagic

Yeah, i tried that as well, but when i do type such a URL in the address bar, it blocks it under the Category "Proxy Avoidance"

I tried several like:

www.proxysky.com/
www.proxify.com/
www.proxify.org/
www.proxifier.com/

Among others.

johnnynodough

tehe, thats what I figured.

See if they are doing blocking via DNS names instead of IP, then just try and connect via http://x.x.x.x

also if you are just plain desperate, setup a proxy box at home.

darkmagic

johnnynodough wrote:

tehe, thats what I figured.

Help your poor friend "johny"

johnnynodough wrote:

See if they are doing blocking via DNS names instead of IP, then just try and connect via http://x.x.x.x

I guess yes they are doing it via DNS, because i was not able to pull up the wesites even with the IP Address

johnnynodough wrote:

also if you are just plain desperate, setup a proxy box at home.

Can you elaborate on that a little bit, because i tried it as well, but its not working

johnnynodough

You got me there, I have never been able to setup a proxy at home, nor have I needed to