Ip Addy Blocked..

[spelunker121]

Hi Forum.

I have had an address blocked @ work to "chat.yahoo.com" Is there a way to fool my LAN(or network admin) so that I can actually go and chat from work???


any advice would be appreciated.....


Sorry if this is a total noob question( I just dont know the answer)

:helpsmile:

I guess I didnt mean to put "IP addy"....I guess what I mean is an internet address
has been blocked.........(IP=Internet Provider)

[Digital Nirvana]

You could try a proxy.

~Digital Nirvana

[erRor67]

Wasnt there a method called Tunneling or something like that? Theres a program called Hobster or something like that........ damnit, i forget

[Digital Nirvana]

Originally posted by Bishtawiman@14 July 2004 - 00:51
Wasnt there a method called Tunneling or something like that? Theres a program called Hobster or something like that........ damnit, i forget

There is also a simple way that will work on some firewalls, try hitting refresh a few times really fast on the page you're trying to view. But i think a proxy would work.


~Digital Nirvana

[erRor67]

Ok, found info. Its hopster, not hobster.

Originally posted by http://www.hopster.com
Uncensored Communication: Bypass Firewall, Bypass Proxy
Chat with your friends using your favourite applications: MSN, AOL, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, Miranda, Trillian, mIRC... Wherever your friends are, hopster will bypass a censoring firewall and take you right to your buddies.

Download Files & Chat Anonymously
Hide your real IP address and protect yourself from nosy people and wannabe-hackers. With hopster, there's no way anyone will know where or who you are.

there ya go, http://www.hopster.com Bypasses firewall and proxy. Although, the free version is very slow. You have to pay to get the full speeds.

[spelunker121]

Would these types of programs fool the network admin @ work??

P.S.

thanx for the speedy replies..........I REALLY am grateful

[Afronaut]

Originally posted by spelunker121@14 July 2004 - 03:53
Would these types of programs fool the network admin @ work??

P.S.

thanx for the speedy replies..........I REALLY am grateful

I dunno if they work, but im thinking that if you get them working,
I doubt your netwörk-admin gives you any ice-cream if he finds out.


You might want to check the company policy over on this.

[Switeck]

If the company's sysadmin is lazy, he (probably a he) may only be blocking the URL "chat.yahoo.com" and not the real ip address that's used to connect to "chat.yahoo.com".

If you find the real ip address, just use that as the URL instead.

Otherwise, you'll have to use a proxy.

In any case, you better know company policy about this or you could get into serious trouble (read: FIRED&#33 over this.