Websense.....the devil!

[Astross]

I don't know about you guys, but up here at work there are basically two WoW related websites I can look at that are not blocked by Websense.

worldofwar and wowinsider

I get to my desk this morning, do the usually warcraft website surfing and get around to looking at wowinsider and BAMMMM! BLOCKED! damn you Websense!

I mean, I was just on their site yesterday with no problems but today it is blocked.

Is there anyone else experiencing the same problems?

Is there any other WoW related websites that are not blocked by Websense that you guys would be willing to share?

[satineeftw]

This is the best wow site by far. I would't go to any other one even if it wasn't blocked! my reasons are listed in my ehug thread hehe

[earindur]

same problem here,

missing wowinsider in the morning is like somebody pissing in my cornflakes.

Not long now until they block this place from us.

This is the best wow site by far. I would't go to any other one even if it wasn't blocked! my reasons are listed in my ehug thread hehe

well arent you special, ill be sure to send you a bright blue ribbon. :rolleyes:

[Astross]

Yes this website is very nice indeed.

But I like a little variety and always enjoy a new WoW website to look at during work.

[InfectedWithRage]

I get blocked by SurfControl. :(

I have access to this site and a few others. The others have gold selling ads as well as pw lvl'ing services






(edit: one site I posted had bad ads)

[Kitano]

Yep. They got it where I work too. I guess they have a general database that they just implement based on employer requirements. With this in mind I guess it's time to take a real look at the option of proxy avoidance that websense can't track. Does anyone know anything that does get around websense? Is there a specific browser or a proxy site I can use?

[Astross]

goblinworkshop is blocked by websense also...

Anyone else got any cool WoW sites not blocked by websense???

[stegmst]

I cant see either of those sites. I hope to god this one does not get block. My work filter views the others as games.:cry:

[Gilbster]

There are some circumventors that get round Websense. The newest one of these is called MathBurger.com (not sure if I'm allowed to link it). Not tried this one.

I keep alternating between being behind websense and not. I'm not currently. I do know that companies can block or unblock individual sites on websense on a user by user basis.

[satineeftw]

same problem here,

missing wowinsider in the morning is like somebody pissing in my cornflakes.

Not long now until they block this place from us.



well arent you special, ill be sure to send you a bright blue ribbon. :rolleyes:

I can't read emotions very well through threads. um was that a big old jab at me or just making a joke.

[Kitano]

Well Websense already caught MathBurger.com so I can't use that one. Anyone else have any ideas if there's another way around it?

[earindur]

I can't read emotions very well through threads. um was that a big old jab at me or just making a joke.

yes it was a jab, but it was in jest.

If you were from the UK i would have said "blue peter badge" but it would probably have been lost on you.

anyway, take it lightly it was not intended to offend!

[Gilbster]

Well Websense already caught MathBurger.com so I can't use that one. Anyone else have any ideas if there's another way around it?

That is a bit too fast for my liking. It was only announced 2 days ago! Wonder if the old staple stupid censorship.com (all one word, but I'm paranoid) works still?

[satineeftw]

yes it was a jab, but it was in jest.

If you were from the UK i would have said "blue peter badge" but it would probably have been lost on you.

anyway, take it lightly it was not intended to offend!

Ok, not offended than. lol

[thefrozenpanda]

Same here on the wowinsider being blocked this morning. I got into work, it was still on BRKs hunter article and when I hit F5 to refresh it it gave me the "blocked" page. Now I'm stuck with this site and espn to save me from the boredom at work. I guess I'll have to setup my home computer to access my work's VPN and just connect to it and surf from home at work. Lame, I know, but come on Websense, give me a break, people around me are watching videos and playing java games all day and I can't even get to some articles because it's flagged as "games"

[Toolio]

I am very upset ATM. If this site manages to get blocked I will have nothing. NOTHING!
What else do you want from me Websense? My blood? Is that it?

[earindur]

they have nuked imageshack too.

B*STARDS!!!

[Toolio]

This is considered a circumventor... It's not an install or plugin, but browser based. I cannot speak on how your company will feel about this tactic for browsing.

https://www.stupidcensorship.com

[Astross]

I don't want to do anything that is gonna get me fired. I was just want my damn WoW website unblocked!!!!!!!

Damn you Websense, damn you to hell!




Please post any WoW related sites that are not blocked if you have any.
I know worldofraids (forums) is not blocked

[Kitano]

This is considered a circumventor... It's not an install or plugin, but browser based. I cannot speak on how your company will feel about this tactic for browsing.

https://www.stupidcensorship.com

Blocked. :cry:

[Dark Matter]

Same here on the wowinsider being blocked this morning. I got into work, it was still on BRKs hunter article and when I hit F5 to refresh it it gave me the "blocked" page. Now I'm stuck with this site and espn to save me from the boredom at work. I guess I'll have to setup my home computer to access my work's VPN and just connect to it and surf from home at work. Lame, I know, but come on Websense, give me a break, people around me are watching videos and playing java games all day and I can't even get to some articles because it's flagged as "games"

WWN Flagged as:

<meta name=description content="World of Warcraft Community Site, News, Mods, Databases, Items, Quests, Maps, Professions, Strategies, Trading, Forums and Files">
<meta name=keywords content="world of warcraft, wow, blizzard, items, database, mods, maps, items, quests, strategies, trade skills, professions, trading, rpg">

Maybe we can persuade Rushster to remove the rpg tag ?

DM

[Toolio]

But once it's in the database it stays in the database, right? I hope you're right. I'll set up a petition if I have to.

[Karkas]

sorry, but somebody had to say it:

"STOP surfing in your boss' time and go back to work!!"

/hides
/goes back to work

[pincopiones]

What about if u use "security" web pages?
As an example main wow website is blocked:
Reason: The Websense category "Games" is filtered.
URL: http://www.wow-europe.com/en

But if i use this url its ok:
https://www.wow-europe.com/en (https://www.wow-europe.com/en)

Also u can tray by IP, as an example http://www.worldofwar.net/ is blocked, but i can type http://213.131.253.172/ and now i can view it.

[Rysteranch]

http://wow.crafterstome.com/home.html

I can get this one at work; I didn't see any gold adds.

[Astross]

blocked, blocked, and blocked

I am gonna track down Websense and burn their building to the ground!











and then pee on it.

[Kitano]

Also u can tray by IP, as an example http://www.worldofwar.net/ is blocked, but i can type http://213.131.253.172/ and now i can view it.

This worked but the others didn't. Does anyone know the IP for WoWInsider?

[Serrat]

sorry, but somebody had to say it:

"STOP surfing in your boss' time and go back to work!!"

/hides
/goes back to work

hey i get 2 15mins breaks a day(not counting my lunch when theres no websence active) and i should be able to browse whatever damn forum i want to.

wouldnt mind hey block game related sites but i can spend my time on sports sites as much as i like(of course if i sat in it all day i would have a lot more time to browse at home)

/also goes back to work :tongue:

[Valroshe]

Also u can tray by IP, as an example http://www.worldofwar.net/ is blocked, but i can type http://213.131.253.172/ and now i can view it.

This worked for me!!!:thumbsup:

How do I go about finding the IPs for other sites that are blocked????

I want access to a talent calculator badly at work!!

Thanks in advance for your help :wave:


Var

[Astross]

This worked but the others didn't. Does anyone know the IP for WoWInsider?



Yes this also worked for me....anyone got the IP for WOWInsider?!?!

WTB WOWInsider IP 10g....pst.

[Astross]

Talent Calculator NOT blocked by Websense:

http://www.worldofwar.se/talents/talents.php



Thank the lord for this site!

[Rysteranch]

/cry. It is blocked by the US gubment's security filter.

[Silverhand]

/cry. It is blocked by the US gubment's security filter.

I actually find that comforting.

Cheers,

Silverhand

[Rysteranch]

I actually find that comforting.

Cheers,

Silverhand

But I have to get the right MM build for my hunter!!! It's a matter of national security!!! Oh, no, I've said too much.....

[Silverhand]

But I have to get the right MM build for my hunter!!! It's a matter of national security!!! Oh, no, I've said too much.....


Guess you'll have to kill us all.

Cheers,

Silverhand

[DraedynLei]

blocked, blocked, and blocked
I am gonna track down Websense and burn their building to the ground!
and then pee on it.

I actually work near websense. They are located in sorrento valley (my friend works there) and that's about 15 minutes north of me.

[thefrozenpanda]

24 y.o. Marine LFG to raid Websense HQ.

[Rysteranch]

24 y.o. Marine LFG to raid Websense HQ.

Hooooo-RAAAAAAH!

40 y.o. former Air Force enlisted willing to stay in rear with gear!

[earindur]

Hooooo-RAAAAAAH!

40 y.o. former Air Force enlisted willing to stay in rear with gear!

eh?

drunken irish IT bum LFG to whatever, BYOB tho.

[pincopiones]

Not sure if is allowed to name the program i use to know the url's IP.
But ill post it if isnt an issue. And is just a browser (not a web browser as Firefox or IE).

[Astross]

I actually work near websense. They are located in sorrento valley (my friend works there) and that's about 15 minutes north of me.


Tell your friend to pull some strings and get all the WoW sites unblocked!!!

Cmon! I have faith! I know he can do it!

[Tarte]

eh?

drunken irish IT bum LFG to whatever, BYOB tho.

heh:tongue: I'll tag along - irish drunken bums need to stick together.:thumbsup:

and just for the record, stupid censorship dot com is blocked by Websense. poo.

[Toolio]

Hooooo-RAAAAAAH!

40 y.o. former Air Force enlisted willing to stay in rear with gear!

27-year-old Squid drunk in the corner.

I use http://talents.unleashedgaming.net/?p=ct to make my talent tree. Click on your class on the left, then click on "Preview" mode, then click on "Default".

[Xaintrix]

I actually work near websense. They are located in sorrento valley (my friend works there) and that's about 15 minutes north of me.

Wait a second... I used to work 10 minutes east over on Lusk (now routed downtown)

Nice to know another player in the county! : )

[Valroshe]

27-year-old Squid drunk in the corner.

I use http://talents.unleashedgaming.net/?p=ct to make my talent tree. Click on your class on the left, then click on "Preview" mode, then click on "Default".

Thanks Toolio but it is blocked :cry:

[pincopiones]

Thanks Toolio but it is blocked :cry:
Official Rogue Talents (https://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/basics/talents/rogue/talents.html#none)

[Naedea]

Not sure if is allowed to name the program i use to know the url's IP.
But ill post it if isnt an issue. And is just a browser (not a web browser as Firefox or IE).

I don't know what you're talking about, but I think it's permitted to name "ping" as it's a standard utility in all popular modern OSes.

>ping www.worldofwar.net

Pinging worldofwar.net [213.131.253.171] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 213.131.253.171: bytes=32 time=140ms TTL=48
Reply from 213.131.253.171: bytes=32 time=145ms TTL=48
Reply from 213.131.253.171: bytes=32 time=139ms TTL=48
Reply from 213.131.253.171: bytes=32 time=140ms TTL=48

Ping statistics for 213.131.253.171:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 139ms, Maximum = 145ms, Average = 141ms

[darkhorseriding]

I use a school computer and it has a Content Protecter on it to prevent me from going to bad sites. Well for the time I've had the computer, I've been able to get around it. But just yesterday it blocked the sites I usually go to. Not to worry I still know others that work. *evil grin* Anyway this content blocker is stupid. Theres this one site where you can get cheats and reviews on a lot videogames called IGN. The content protect blocks it for the reason of it being a porn site. Its a clean site. Thats the problem.

[Astross]

Please post your WoW related websites that are not blocked by Websense.

I'm looking for a few more sites to add to my daily WoW surfing.

[Mrpease]

If you are having trouble finding the Ip address for wow sites you can goto http://www.networksolutions.com/whois and do a whois. about halfway down the page it will tell you the IP address. Ping will work great but at my work we do not have access to cmd

Mrpease

[waltorly]

People are watching you o.O

There are like people downtown here that periodially check all the computers in the city school network and block any bad urls they see.

I always delete the url out of the box when I load a new page first thing so they cant see what site you are on.

[Kitano]

I just found a WoW news site that Websense hasn't caught yet and I figured I'd share it. I didn't see anything about gold selling or exploits so I'll link the site but feel free to remove it if I missed something.

http://wow.qj.net

So far it works until Websense kills it for us.

[Qqwi]

What about if u use "security" web pages?
As an example main wow website is blocked:
Reason: The Websense category "Games" is filtered.
URL: http://www.wow-europe.com/en

But if i use this url its ok:
https://www.wow-europe.com/en (https://www.wow-europe.com/en)

Also u can tray by IP, as an example http://www.worldofwar.net/ is blocked, but i can type http://213.131.253.172/ and now i can view it.


omg i love you ... i can hit main boards from work again :)

some places i have surfed since a lot of my stuff got blocked

http://forums.subcreation.net/index.php -- some good stuff there but very quiet

http://vnboards.ign.com/world_of_warcraft_main_boards/c14461 --- pretty dead to be honest

[Pallas]

Sorry to necro an old thread.....but I found a way around Websense for Wowinsider.....

Just putting "f2" in front of the "www" works for me. If you want into another topic, just copy the shortcut into your browser and put "f2" in the same place.

Example
Regular url: http://www.wowinsider.com/category/breakfast-topics/

New one: http://f2www.wowinsider.com/category/breakfast-topics/

[Stricknine]

Yep. They got it where I work too. I guess they have a general database that they just implement based on employer requirements. With this in mind I guess it's time to take a real look at the option of proxy avoidance that websense can't track. Does anyone know anything that does get around websense? Is there a specific browser or a proxy site I can use?

This won't work too well for the casual user, but for the slightly hardcore, its pretty foolproof:

1. I use a linux machine to route/nat my home cablemodem traffic. The only port open to the outside world is port 22 (SSH).

2. You can tunnel just about anything over SSH using putty (free) or whatever client you like.

3. Bascially, I setup TightVNC on my home linux router, ssh to it and tunnel the vnc connection over SSH. If for some reason your company disallows outgoing traffic on port 22, you can setup ssh to listen on port 80 or 443 or whatever.

4. Open VNCViewer to home machine, browse from home connection. Bypass all local filtering. I'm doing it right now. All traffic to/from your desktop to the home machine is encrypted using whatever crypt you use for SSH. The only thing company filters will see is an encrypted stream.

5. THIS MAY BE AGAINST YOUR COMPANYS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, USE AT OWN RISK.

My personal guess is that if certain WoW related websites worked one day, and all of a sudden stopped working the next, either Websense/SurfControl just updated those sites classification or your network admin is browsing "frequently visited sites" from the Websense console/reporting tool and independently deemed them "non-work related". In either case, tunnel or live without them.

[det]

You may (or may not) like this if you are a victim of websense :)

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=websense