garagejournal.com blocked!

[chad pickens]

I don't know what changed today but when I got to work I can no longer access garagejournal it says it is not in the accepted use policy because of news use or something to that effect if it wasn't for my iPhone I would be lost this can't be right anybody got any ideas

 

[jerk_chicken]

Wait, what?

 

[kartracer23]

I don't know what changed today but when I got to work I can no longer access garagejournal it says it is not in the accepted use policy because of news use or something to that effect if it wasn't for my iPhone I would be lost this can't be right anybody got any ideas

So what you're saying is that your employer doesn't want to pay you to look at garagejournal.com?

 

[chad pickens]

That's one way of putting it ihave never had a problem before but now it says it is categorized as usenet news non of the other sites I frequent are blocked but garage journal is now. Blocked

 

[jerk_chicken]

At least you still have a job.

 

[Stuey]

Forums are blocked on certain computers by me too. Very strange. It could be automatic, as opposed to being an intentional block due to your browsing habits.

 

[chad pickens]

Where I work I can surf the Internet it is acceptable I am in maintenace they call me when they need me for something the computers have always had blocks on them but it is usually for obscene things I have never had a problem
with garagejournal before

 

[chad pickens]

IT'S BACK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[goodfellow]

IT'S BACK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good, now get to work!!

 

[chad pickens]

I am working I'm trying to catch up with what went on here. my iphone is a pain for this kind of thing

 

[PJDiesel]

At least you still have a job.

Thats about right, huh.

 

[chad pickens]

Hey guys this post wasnt to be rude to you guys who lost your jobs ,im sorry. lighten up already

 

[The Muffin Man]

I am workingmy iphone is a pain for this kind of thing

I hate browsing forums with my Iphone too.

 

[PJDiesel]

I wasn't eluding to it being rude in anyway. I haven't had a job since mid 2002.

 

[r6_cannibal]

They probably blocked it because of all the "girls" Merk was posting up, they were doing you a favor!
If it happens again you can use a proxy to get around the blocking software.
instead of going straight to the website, you go to a proxy which in turn goes to the website for you. So from the network side all it sees you going to, is the proxy.

 

[MustangRick]

The blocking criteria is provided by a database your company subscribes to. They can usually choose general categories to block, forums usually isn't one of them because the IT guys usually use them a lot to solve equipment issues. Every so often a site gets put in the wrong category and a customer will complain. The maker will then research it and unblock it if it doesn't apply. That usually doesn't happen in hours though. If it happens in a few hours, it could be someone in IT is screwing with you. Watching you squirm.

If they are blocking forums, then they should already be blocking proxy sites.

 

[crashbumper]

I hate browsing forums with my Iphone too.

I keep waiting for someone to develop a good iphone app to read/parse Invision, vbulletin or PHPbb forums.

That would make life much better. Kinda like with RSS feeds.