# SDMB Blocked at work. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/392415 "2007-02-15T22:11:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/392415/21 "2007-02-17T15:00:05Z")
[QUOTE=DirkGntly] Here’s how I get around the blocks at work, and I HIGHLY recommend this!!! [/QUOTE] It sounds good in theory, but then so did communism. Any IT folks out there care to comment on this approach? For me, it smacks to much of “I’m going to really subvert the rules, not just look for an alternate link that the filter doesn’t object to”. YMMV, of course. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/392415/22 "2007-02-17T15:08:36Z")
Well once again I can tell you that [logmein.com](http://logmein.com) would be barred by SurfControl as a member of the category \*\*Proxies & Translators \*\*. However it seems that even the Government in the US doesn’t use efficient US software to control their systems so this may work too. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/392415/23 "2007-02-17T15:10:27Z")
I’ve said it in other threads and I’ll say it again; circumventing restrictions set up by IT departments is a good way to get fired (or at least get in serious doo-doo) in many organizations. It’s much better to simply make a case for exempting SDMB (or whatever else you want to get at that is being blocked). ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/392415/24 "2007-02-17T19:08:02Z")
I don’t visit the SDMB at work. It’s against the rules. And while I don’t really love my job, I do like the pay rate and the flexible hours. ---
**Author:** ![seenidog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@seenidog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seenidog)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/392415/25 "2007-02-17T19:33:59Z")
Old axiom, if you can’t beat them, join them. I am in IT and by some miracle the normally blocked [Playsite.com](http://Playsite.com) is opened up between 11:30 and 12:00 noon. And only for two specific work stations. By mere chance that is my lunch break when I play gin with another tech. By policy it is a violation but try as I might, I have never been able to catch myself. Seems I am always on lunch break when the violation of policy occurs. In fairness this IT department has never caught anybody officially, a “hey buddy, you been noticed, knock it off” has been the approach. It works for us, except in one case of someone misusing [Playsite.com](http://Playsite.com), got to put more effort into tracking that miscreant down… ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/392415/26 "2007-02-17T19:41:22Z")
Where I work the dope was blocked by websense because it was considered online chat. hen the block was lifted and now it is blocked again ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/392415/27 "2007-02-20T15:43:33Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] If people use the internet where I work for any reason, they’re fired immediately. Laptops are also banned. Sadly, we’re actually expected to work for the entire amount of time we’re paid for. [/QUOTE] That sucks. You need to get a government job. ---
**Author:** ![Cowboy8467](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Cowboy8467](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy8467)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/392415/28 "2007-02-20T19:31:37Z")
[QUOTE=MannyL] Where I work the dope was blocked by websense because it was considered online chat. hen the block was lifted and now it is blocked again [/QUOTE] Websense is also what they use here at my job, but I suspect it was merely based on the fact that the word “boards” was in the website address. Using the IP in lieu of “[boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com)” seems to work fine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-blocked-at-work/392415.md?page=1)