HuskerThor Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 HAHA gotcha. Anyway, I visit quite a bit while at work and last night the IT guy was ther really late. I had already been on here an hour earlier. Well apparently the IT guy installed a new blocker. So when I tried to get back on here, the HB site was blocked. Pissed me off. Said it was blocked for "games". The only thing I can come up with is it must be related to the name "board" in Huskerboard. Any way, on to the question. Do we have a "backdoor" address to cheat the system? If not can we get one? Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Hmmmm...what we might be able to do is to set up a second domain name such as HBB.com (HB.com is taken). If the filter is targeting "Board", that would work. We just point both domain names to the same server. But before we do, is there any chance you can talk to your IT guy and find out how why the filter is tagging us? If we don't know that, we'd have to try one thing after another in the hope of hitting something that works. Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Hmmmm...what we might be able to do is to set up a second domain name such as HBB.com (HB.com is taken). If the filter is targeting "Board", that would work. We just point both domain names to the same server. But before we do, is there any chance you can talk to your IT guy and find out how why the filter is tagging us? If we don't know that, we'd have to try one thing after another in the hope of hitting something that works. I have the same issue where I work. They use a program called WebSense. It blocks me under the tag "Board Games". It does allow me to use HB for 30 minutes, for 2 hours. Quote Link to comment
HuskerThor Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 Hmmmm...what we might be able to do is to set up a second domain name such as HBB.com (HB.com is taken). If the filter is targeting "Board", that would work. We just point both domain names to the same server. But before we do, is there any chance you can talk to your IT guy and find out how why the filter is tagging us? If we don't know that, we'd have to try one thing after another in the hope of hitting something that works. I have the same issue where I work. They use a program called WebSense. It blocks me under the tag "Board Games". I does allow me to use HB for 30 minutes, for 2 hours. That is the same program that was just installed. It was Barracuda. AR, I will ask that question on Monday. Stupid filters anyway, guess they expect me to work all night. Quote Link to comment
HuskerfaninOkieland Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Same issue for me. Our server nazi's blocked HB several months ago. Now I have no other option but to do some freaking work. That's totally unacceptable. Quote Link to comment
Hingle McCringleberry Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Does Cyberproxy still exist? we were using that in Saudi a few years ago, worked fairly well... Quote Link to comment
HuskerThor Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 Apparently it is the word "board" that makes the filter think its board games. Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 We might be able to set up an alternate domain name that points back to HuskerBoard, as I mentioned. If the problem is with the URL, then that would fix it. Let me see what we can do in that regard. Quote Link to comment
HuskerThor Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 We might be able to set up an alternate domain name that points back to HuskerBoard, as I mentioned. If the problem is with the URL, then that would fix it. Let me see what we can do in that regard. That would be awesome! Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Okay, folks, they these: huskersports.com hb.com Hopefully, one or both of them will not trigger the filters at your work. Please let us know in this thread if it works - and if only one works, which one. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
HuskerThor Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 Neither worked. Huskersports was blocked for the same reason as above. The hb.com took me to a home business website. Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Well, that could mean a couple of things: 1. The DNS propagation hasn't completed - that can take up to 24 hours. 2. The filter is keying on something else, like the IP address, in which case there's not a lot we can do there unless we can add a second IP that mirrors HuskerBoard. Let's hope it's the first one. Check again throughout the day, and we'll see if that finally works. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 You said in post #2 that hb.com is taken. Did it become available or did you mean to type something else? Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Chad set up the alternate domain, and that's what he provided. I'll have to check with him. Quote Link to comment
HuskerfaninOkieland Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 HB.com is a "Home Business" website. The huskersports.com is blocked at my work as well. Quote Link to comment
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