I have a similar problem. Without setting up a SSH tunnel or whatever, VNC just does not work. I can't even browse the UltraVNC website directly (or Babelfish etc).. However, I can browse to my home PC where I have "Circumventor" running. This appears to be little more than a script setting up an Apache server on my home PC that allows it to be used as a relay station. So I browse to "rzprosser@xxx.com/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/" (url set up through no-ip.com and page setup by Circumventor) and get a panel I can enter the url of the "forbidden" sites. There are some limitations with Flash Media etc. but overall it works pretty well. Main problem is speed as the signal has to go from work (in NZ) though the intenet portal (USA) and back to home PC (NZ) and then wherever. I think you can add password access also but have not tried that as the url/webpage is unlikely to be guessed. The main advantage for me is that I don't have to set up any special software on the work PC which could be somewhat "frowned upon". (I can get away with the VNC client as we use it for testing). I haven't figured out how to do the web browser based VNC via circumventor yet but it should be simple enough to allow the home PC to loopback to it's own ports which is all that's required. Do a web search on the term "Circumventor" and you can download the package. RP On 13/02/2008, John Chung wrote: > http-tunnel client works well. > > John > > > --- Bob Axtell wrote: > > > Alan B. Pearce wrote: > > >> So, background given, I ask the big question: > > how do I get > > >> around this? > > >> > > > > > > Have a similar arrangement here at the government > > lab I work at. Soon to be > > > exacerbated by a government requirement to have > > 'approved' encryption > > > software on all PCs before they are allowed to be > > taken off site ( see > > > > > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3215887.ece > > > > > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3213521.ece > > > > > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3227172.ece > > > > > > http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/public_law/article646385.ece > > > > > > http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article2873186.ece > > > > > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3227938.ece > > > fro some of the news items ...) > > > > > > > > >> I have two ideas: first, get a cellular plan that > > includes > > >> data access and hook my phone to the PC. Use > > that for websurfing. > > >> I don't like this idea because it costs ME money > > and the web access > > >> will be slower all the time, if more reliable all > > the time. > > >> > > > > > > Rather than doing that, get an ordinary modem and > > dial out on one of the > > > office lines - though that may awkward if you have > > a digital exchange. That > > > way it costs the company money, and gets across > > the idea that they lack of > > > high speed hardware to do the filtering is costing > > them productivity. > > > > > > > > >> Second idea: set up a VPN to my home network. I > > figure that will > > >> be faster in the end than cellular, if harder to > > set up. The one > > >> thing I DON'T know is whether it will bypass the > > filtering software. > > >> I'd think so, because the filter probably just > > checks http traffic > > >> on port 80, but I'm not sure. > > >> > > > > > > Are you sure that it doesn't block other ports > > anyway? A decent firewall may > > > block all the other ports to stop attempts at > > penetration of the company > > > site anyway. > > > > > > > > >> Opinions? Other ideas? Empathy/sympathy for my > > situation? > > >> > > > > > > Yeah, I sympathise. Even with one of the biggest > > server farms in the UK ours > > > still does what you describe. And along with that > > the email servers get hit > > > with so much spam that it can sometimes take > > several minutes for an email to > > > leave my outbox, as they get so busy. Now why the > > outgoing mail server isn't > > > on a different machine to the incoming one is > > another matter .... > > > > > > > > My client uses VPN, but it seems to go down a lot... > > I don't know what > > the cause is. > > > > --Bob > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist