On 2/15/08, Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > Xiaofan Chen wrote: > > > 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. > > Did you guys read the OP? It seems you're responding to a different post... > :) > Hmm, I believe both of us read the OP. The OP wrote: > I have discussed this with my boss, and I know many, many of my > coworkers have discussed it as well. It seems that HR would rather > have us not working than risk that one of us look at adult content > on work time. So he has to talk to his boss and let the boss (or the boss's boss) sort out the issue with HR/IT and not to use technical means to work around the problem. Setting up a VPN is not the solution. Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist