Mike Hord <mike.hord <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> I have a problem.  My company has recently (okay, 4-5 months ago)
> instated a filter on our web traffic.  Everything in or out gets checked
> for "naughtiness" and blocked accordingly.

A couple of suggestions:
1. If the websurfing benefits your work, make a case for your boss/IT to unblock
specific sites;
2. If it does not, do not do it.  Spend more time actually doing the job, and
become "the" boss who sets the rules.

To some extent, the filter does exactly what it is supposed to do: prevent waste
of time surfing internet for personal pleasure (of course, these are other ways
to waste time...).  Inappropriate surfing creates liability for both company and
employee in many different ways.  In my past experience I had to fire a person
for this, and it is not fun for that person, nor it is for me.

Setting up VPN or other ways to defeat the system will just make IT upset.  If
they are smart, they will figure it out and just block it, or they can go
through administrative route and act through your boss.

Sergey

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