Hi guys,
I love this forum (and thank Skatan it was put up by the elders of the community!) but I can’t access it at work during the day - my employer blocks it on the basis that the “site hosts games”. 
Is there anything that can be done so that I can skive in here instead of having to skive in the other forum?
VPN, Proxy.
Basically, google “bypass work firewall” - obviously don’t do this at work 
can’t really risk it…
The easiest way around it is to access it on your phone this way you can still get all the goodies that are discussed and you get to keep your job.
Also never google the great american challenge or shameful pornography on a work computer or a computer any parents may have access too.
@Ricardo Download the DiscourseHub app.
will give it a shot!
Go to https://www.privateinternetaccess.com and buy a VPN plan. There’s a chrome plugin that works very well.
Thank you for the suggestion, but can’t really risk using VPNs, our IT team is not half bad…
Its a VPN service, but the chrome plugin uses PPTP or SOCKS, so no VPN traffic to see.
I see… you have a cunning plan, my friend! 
I’ve got the same thing. My corporate firewall considers it a ‘High risk website’ and the category under which it is banned is: PAN-TLD-Block
Any chance that could give us some info on how the site could be adjusted to make it appear lower-risk? I’ve never had the issue with the .builder site. Is this site hosted overseas?
it’s higher risk because @b264 lives here.
The TOR project…I think you might be able … I am not an expert, but I use it to access with other countries VPN, and make me untraceable…
That category would imply it’s the “.news” on “forum.esk8.news” that’s causing the block
I never had a problem accessing this site at work, and I worked for a government military contractor. Our IT team is excellent though and I have no doubts that no matter if you attempt to put a VPN on, they will know. The only real question is if they care or not.
I wouldn’t risk doing a VPN at any workplace personally, if I was IT and I saw that installed on a user’s computer I would question their legitimacy. Besides, if it is a company computer, they really can do whatever they want.
Disconnect from their internet and use your phone’s data
Well, that’s not true. SOCKS and PPTP are both VPN protocols, so it is seem as VPN traffic. If they even have a simple form of DPI you can make out that it’s an VPN and not route it. Your best bet might be to set up a VPN with an HTTP tunnel, so it looks just like any other web traffic. But this requires time, a server (or just your home PC turned on) and expertise. Another way is to set up an tethering network from your phone, and connect to that.
That is incorrect. SOCKS is a TCP proxy protocol, SOCKS5 is a TCP proxy protocol that provides authentication. While PPTP is used to connect to VPN’s, it is not a VPN. Regardless, most application monitors, or AppFlow dashboards, look for VPN traffic on UDP ports 53, 1194, 1197, 1198, 9201 as well as TCP ports 502, 501. SOCKS uses TCP Port 1080, which is outside of the standard VPN AppFlow designation.
Yes, with Deep Packet Inspection, you can designate VPN traffic on any port, TCP or UDP. That is why I suggested SOCKS, it doesn’t present as VPN traffic, most DPI appliances/software don’t even look for it as it not used a lot any more.
Nice shartsis impression 
Kidding, but is this what you do for work? It’s all gobbledy goop to me 🤷
wish I could, but can only use my employer’s mobile at work. I get searched on the way in and on the way out. No, I don’t work in a prison.