where do you TERB ???

[OnTheWayOut]

Always have been curious about where folks access this site .... home, work or wherever. So I decided to post a poll to see ..... and to protect the not-so-innocent I have NOT made the poll public, meaning no one will see your selection

 

[bjsk90]

I'd be surprised to see if anyone came here from work. There are so many firewall logs that if you don't already know about it, then you better know about it. I used to work at one place where the instant you went to an adult website from work, you had to go find the office security officer and explain to them how you "accidently" clicked on an adult website by mistake, otherwise there would be much more intrusive explaning to do during the end-of-month firewall audits.

 

[Radio_Shack]

I'd be surprised to see if anyone came here from work. There are so many firewall logs that if you don't already know about it, then you better know about it. I used to work at one place where the instant you went to an adult website from work, you had to go find the office security officer and explain to them how you "accidently" clicked on an adult website by mistake, otherwise there would be much more intrusive explaning to do during the end-of-month firewall audits.

If I am using VPN from home to get into work would they see terb login?

 

[twizzler2]

That depends Radio Shack;

Are you accessing the internet to browse by running an application that is only accesible once you have connected to work ? Then the answer is yes.

If you are using an independant browser that works indepentantly of your VPN connection then you are probably okay.

The other solutions if you are using a computer or network where you don't want to leave any suspicious traces would be to set something up at home ( like a proxy server or even a RPC connection ) and simply connect to your home machine and browse without worry.

 

[OnTheWayOut]

I'd be surprised to see if anyone came here from work.

We'll see tomorrow when guys are back at work and see this (if that's where they login). Frankly I expect the tally to swing a bit as there are a LOT of posts made during the day here. Granted, some folks work at night or are home during the day for multitudes of reasons ......

You'd be surprised how many companies don't really monitor what their employees are doing. But yeah, in a government town I guess you'll find a high percentage of monitoring.

I'm also curious if guys take their laptop to work and hack into unsecured wireless networks, maybe over lunch .... shoulda made a choice for that perhaps?

 

[OnTheWayOut]

you also forgot access using a mobile platform such as pocket pc or cell phone

I knew I should have made a choice called "other"

 

[bjsk90]

If I am using VPN from home to get into work would they see terb login?

Most likely no. Depending on the specific VPN software, and how you've configured it, the only IP network addresses that will flow through your VPN will be the ones associated to your work. Everything else will flow through your default route, which is your home broadband connection.

However, sometimes people configure their VPN to also be their default route, so in that case, all traffic will flow through the VPN connection, which means it'll flow through your company firewall too. How can you tell if your default routing is being redirected through the VPN? Use the "tracert" command in Windows (same as "traceroute" command in Unix/Linux) to a well-known (and innocent) Internet site and record down all of the hops along the way, for example "tracert google.com" will trace the route to Google. First try it without the VPN connected, and do it again with the VPN connected. Ideally, you should see little to no difference whether the VPN is connected or not, as it should be going through the same route no matter what. If it's being redirected through the VPN, then you'll see very different routes along the way.

 

[bjsk90]

you also forgot access using a mobile platform such as pocket pc or cell phone

That should still fall into the category of home or work. If mobile device is your own, then it's home. If it's something given to you from work, then it's work.

 

[Robio]

were is the all of the above and few places you did not mention ?

 

[pau2lo]

......there are a LOT of posts made during the day here. Granted, some folks work at night or are home during the day for multitudes of reasons ......

.......or some are self-employed or telecommuters and thus work from home......

 

[OnTheWayOut]

who's keeping the cafes in business?

what a difference after a work day has gone by ...... almost 25% of you are getting paid to research your hobby! sweet!

 

[Y Hunter]

what about using proxy?

 

[OnTheWayOut]

bump

 

[JPsoHot]

I usually sneak into a police car and use their computer while they are having coffee(s) at a Tim Hortons!!

 

[OnTheWayOut]

I usually sneak into a police car and use their computer while they are having coffee(s) at a Tim Hortons!!

just make sure you brush the crumbs off the keyboard!!!

 

[Snack]

If I am using VPN from home to get into work would they see terb login?

Most VPN software is configured to route all of your traffic through work, including your browser. This is done to ensure that no one can access your work network through your internet connection. Most employers do not log internet traffic, but some do. Also, some employers require a proxy server to access the internet, in which case there is almost certainly logs of your activity (although most likely no one looks at them).

 

[CapitalGuy]

I like to go to my neighbours' houses and use their computers to browse TERB, then watch the fireworks the next day as their wives trace the history files and scream and beat the crap out of their husbands for looking at an escort review board.











ya right. as if.

 

[yak2432]

I don't know anyone who would be stupid enough to look at anything remotely pornographic on their office computer. Years ago our security department turned a guy in who had downloaded kiddie porn to his office computer and then transferred it over to discs, I guess to take home. When word spread through the building when he was canned the general feeling was "Not only is he a perv but an idiot as well".

 

[hot rod]

another "work" option that probably applies in more than a few instances :
I'm the boss, I can surf where I want, when I want.