Accessing webmail - blocked by websense

[tigger1]

Work have just implemented a new policy which means that hotmail / yahoo are no longer available.

I've tried my proxy server of choice and that also does not allow me to log in - most inconvenient.

Any suggestions (other than waiting until I get home..I need to retreieve an email from my personal inbox!)?

[ThePassenger]

mail2web and a POP3 account somewhere?

[FunkyGibbon]

you could try the torpark anonymous web browser...

www.torrify.com/

if your IT bods haven't blocked its use yet.

[zumbruk]

FunkyGibbon said:

you could try the torpark anonymous web browser...

www.torrify.com/

if your IT bods haven't blocked its use yet.

It's already in Websense's database under "proxy avoidance".

And it's not a great idea to circumvent your employers IT policy, if you value your job. Especially since if they have Websense, they likely monitor violations of that policy.

[ThePassenger]

zumbruk said:

FunkyGibbon said:

you could try the torpark anonymous web browser...

www.torrify.com/

if your IT bods haven't blocked its use yet.

It's already in Websense's database under "proxy avoidance".

And it's not a great idea to circumvent your employers IT policy, if you value your job. Especially since if they have Websense, they likely monitor violations of that policy.

Also depends on how anal they are about violations, they could leap up and down about a single one or only investigate a single user who generates lots of them quickly.
Have to admit that one or two websense hits I wouldn't worry about (speaking as a former admin) as websense is well known for getting its knikkers in a knot over fairly inoccent sites, but again SA's aren't always sensible (or know that websense is kack) and don't always get to write the policy.

[__LEE__]

ThePassenger said:

mail2web and a POP3 account somewhere?

Or longer term set-up your home PC to allow TS/remote control software and then surf through your home PC. All depends how desperate you are to read your mail.

[agent006]

ThePassenger said:

Have to admit that one or two websense hits I wouldn't worry about (speaking as a former admin) as websense is well known for getting its knikkers in a knot over fairly inoccent sites

I tend to ignore most stuff unless it's either being used to the point of taking the piss, or deliberately trying to get round the security that's in place. Alerts from the "Malicious" (i.e. anonymous proxies, mail2web etc) category get sent to IT admins and HR, everything else just goes to IT. I'd tread very carefully trying to access your personal mail at work.

[chris.mapey]

ThePassenger said:

mail2web and a POP3 account somewhere?

Then set up your mobile to read that POP account. Ideal solution.

HTH

Chris

[ThePassenger]

agent006 said:

ThePassenger said:

Have to admit that one or two websense hits I wouldn't worry about (speaking as a former admin) as websense is well known for getting its knikkers in a knot over fairly inoccent sites

I tend to ignore most stuff unless it's either being used to the point of taking the piss, or deliberately trying to get round the security that's in place. Alerts from the "Malicious" (i.e. anonymous proxies, mail2web etc) category get sent to IT admins and HR, everything else just goes to IT. I'd tread very carefully trying to access your personal mail at work.

Although I always found it amusing that policy was to stop people looking at personal mail incase they send out business sensative documents out, yet even the most stringent lockdown I had to follow (designed by someone else) left the USB ports fully intact and just waiting for an ipod, USB key, etc. to be attached.

To be honest if I bumped in to a site that wasn't allowing POP3 to the outside world then I'd just yoink the old Nokia and get it to download my jobserve alerts for me