[OT] Getting out from behind a corporate firewall

[Stephen]

On 10-05-10 11:29 AM, Tyler Aviss wrote:
>
> Try talking nicely to the IT department? Perhaps you could get an 
> exemption from the proxy. We have some cases where we do that here, 
> either with a higher-level authoration account or a firewall rule.
>
> Circumventing without authorization for personal stuff may be a good 
> way to reduce your term to 1 month if you get caught.
>
> If it's really necessary to get out and not going to get hou in 
> trouble, then I usually connect to an outside box running openvpn on a 
> permitted port, or just use my smartphone (one of those 
> city-wifi/cellular sticks would also work well).
>
>
The cell stick is my back-up plan.

Stephen
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