[starman]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

Dude, your profound level of ignorance astonishes me.

Whitelisting doesn't BLOCK anything.

Besides, the OP claims that the whitelisting happens on a URL (= IP) basis. Even if certain ports for VPN or SSH are open, how the heck are you going to establish outgoing or incoming connections w/o the IP whitelisted or having port forwarding enabled ?

-t

Um....

I know how whitelisting works, and it can work several ways. It depends on how competent the sysadmin is.

How about this - try not being suck a jerk to people, kthxbai?

[besson3c]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

Sorry, but I thought that starman was a very much a computer / IT proficient guy. Kind a like you.

Still, you both don't seem to get it.

-t

It doesn't matter how proficient starman is with computers, or whether he even knows what a computer is, your hostility still wasn't warranted.

[starman]

Fact is: WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE DAMN THING IS IMPLEMENTED.

Turtle's saying "can't do it".

I'm saying "try, it might not be done right".

[Gavin]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

what kind of idiot would set up IP whitelisting, and then restrict it to port 80.

You'd be surprised.

MOST businesses are small outfits that are a bit over their heads in things technical. I'm willing to bet that fully one quarter of all small business networks were set up by the manager's brother/nephew/college roommate who "knows computers". This is why there are so many consultants paid to come in and fix things.

OP really did not give enough info about his wife's office to make any assumptions at all.

The best advice I've heard is that going around policy may get her fired, so forget it. The employer may be reasonable enough to allow her ISP onto the whitelist if she has a good reason for getting outside email. Can't hurt to ask.

On the other hand I see no problem with enjoying ourselves by anonymously sticking it to the man with a little old fashioned subversive networking speculation.

And remember this - It's our duty as message board dorks to help this guy with his husbandly obligations to let his wife get her hourly horoscopes, off-track betting updates, and humorous porno videos.

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by starman 

Fact is: WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE DAMN THING IS IMPLEMENTED.

Turtle's saying "can't do it".

I'm saying "try, it might not be done right".

And I'm saying "trying to get around these limits may wind up getting LoveCalmQuiet's wife fired." I don't think it's worth it.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

And I'm saying "trying to get around these limits may wind up getting LoveCalmQuiet's wife fired." I don't think it's worth it.

Concur.

If I'd gone to the trouble of implementing a whitelist system and someone tried to get around it, they'd be out on their ass.

[- - e r i k - -]

Web Users more productive or not?

http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/...re-productive/

[besson3c]

Interesting article erik!

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

Web Users more productive or not?

http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/...re-productive/

I think it's pretty well established that workers who take breaks are generally more productive than workers who can't. I'm sure there are some exceptions, but I don't see why the Internet would be a game-changer in that regard. The problem is if people spend inordinate amounts of time on break or if they take breaks in the middle of tasks, but again, the Internet isn't really a game-changer there. Someone who spends spends half his time surfing the Web probably isn't less productive than someone who spends half his time talking about American Idol at the watercooler.

[- - e r i k - -]

Yeah, I think that was pretty much the point of that article.

There might however be more positive benefits to surfing the web than taking smoke or chit chat breaks however that are less tangible (increased knowledge and technical proficiency).

[starman]

Also, at least where I work, we need access to everything due to research.

[auto_immune]

I keep seeing news articles about how workers surfing the internet while "on the job" have lower productivity and cost their employers money.

I normally surf the web a minimum of at least 3 hours of the 12 hours I work, but i also get every single bit of work I am responsible for done - including helping other workers who still have work to complete all throughout the 12 hour shift.

In my experience, most workers complete all the work they are responsible for during their shift/workday - so for these employees, surfing the internet during that time frame should not be an issue to their employer. There would also be no lost revenue due to loss of productivity.

[glideslope]

Things much be must easier at my company. Each time I log in to my workstation I sign off that if I am a bad boy, I'm fired. Seems motivating enough for me.