Proxy to use at work

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My company started blocking more and more websites at work. They just recently started blocking Gmail which has driven me up a wall. I was hoping some of you could enlighten me on some of the best ways to set up a proxy at home that I could connect to so I could bypass the company's nonsense and anonymously use the internet. I have a small Linux/Debian box that should be able to handle any suggestions.

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If the company you work for is anything like the one I work for, they will know if you are trying to use a proxy and at least we offer 1 warning, second attempt is termination.

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  On 30/01/2012 at 14:01, littleneutrino said:

If the company you work for is anything like the one I work for, they will know if you are trying to use a proxy and at least we offer 1 warning, second attempt is termination.

hmmm, I wonder how that's done? Maybe Spiceworks?

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  On 30/01/2012 at 14:01, littleneutrino said:

If the company you work for is anything like the one I work for, they will know if you are trying to use a proxy and at least we offer 1 warning, second attempt is termination.

So your company would fire an individual for wanting to check his personal email (assuming that your company blocks personal email sites IE- Gmail, Yahoo)?

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  On 30/01/2012 at 14:08, kubi789 said:

So your company would fire an individual for wanting to check his personal email (assuming that your company blocks personal email sites IE- Gmail, Yahoo)?

Makes sense. The workplace is for working, not doing your personal things.

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I am not suggesting you should use this program to violate any rules...

tor park is a really good program that you can put onto a usb stick look into it just run it to browse the web no need to install on the work station....

also some blocks are simply filters try entering the IP address of the site you wish to visit

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There are tons of network tools that notify IT when proxys are being used. We can just run reports. When someone ask me if I can remove them from the group that has access restrictions I tell them no and explain why. But also tell them they can either use LogMeIn and surf from home or rent a VPS (for the more tech savvy people).

A lot of people think it is done to prevent people from goofing off, but its there to protect our IT assets and our network. We don't need users clicking on rouge facebook links and personal email viruses and infecting the entire network.

  On 30/01/2012 at 14:10, SPEhosting said:

I am not suggesting you should use this program to violate any rules...

tor park is a really good program that you can put onto a usb stick look into it just run it to browse the web no need to install on the work station....

If someone ran TOR on our network, they would be fired no questions ask. VPN, Proxy, would get a warning. TOR, would be straight to HR then back to their office to clear it out.

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  On 30/01/2012 at 14:10, Intrinsica said:

Makes sense. The workplace is for working, not doing your personal things.

People bring in personal letters to send from the office. They also use telephones for personal calls. What is the difference? What does the company care what I do during my 30 minute lunch break?

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  On 30/01/2012 at 14:08, kubi789 said:

So your company would fire an individual for wanting to check his personal email (assuming that your company blocks personal email sites IE- Gmail, Yahoo)?

We have a VERY strict computer usage policy. Each user signed a document stating that they would only use the Company computers for Work related purposes. We block all Person emails, and lots of other site. However, as an aid to the user when they do a Google search we insert Green Approved text or Red Denied text next to the links so that they know what they can or cannot click on when doing research.

Each search query is logged, (as are all URL queries) We also log (and block some) all Port connections as well.

This is part of my job (Network Securities Analyst)

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