# Help me spoof Websense

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-spoof-websense/96823>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 4, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-spoof-websense/96823 "2001-12-04T14:18:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-spoof-websense/96823/1 "2001-12-04T14:18:12Z")

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My employer has recently installed “Websense” on our system so that we can’t access Web sites they have deemed counterproductive. Thank God, they have not yet blocked the Straight Dope. Unfortunately, they DID block The Onion, and dammit, that’s just wrong.

Anyone know of a way Websense can be tricked into letting me surf the Net unhindered, from my computer? Please, no “here’s what you have to do to the server” solutions - it’s gotta be done from my computer.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-spoof-websense/96823/2 "2001-12-04T14:36:40Z")

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[Edited by bibliophage on 12-04-2001 at 09:44 PM]

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-spoof-websense/96823/3 "2001-12-05T03:46:08Z")

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The Straight Dope is not going to help you circumvent the controls put in place by the rightful owners of a computer network. End of story.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ