On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Sergey Dryga wrote: > 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. > This is the best answer. Previous answers talked only about the technical aspect. However the company must have some reasons to do that and the proper procedure is to talk to your boss and IT department to try to solve the problems no matter how "stupid" you feel the policy is. Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist