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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
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      @IT-ADMIN said:

      i just test it right now, but it has affected other ports like outlook, now i cannot sent and receive mails,

      Only block 80/443 for now. The proxy doesn't handle other protocols.

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      • IT-ADMINI
        IT-ADMIN
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        yes, i will open all ports except 80 and 443 for all destination, and for those 2 ports i should forward them only to the proxy IP

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        • IT-ADMINI
          IT-ADMIN
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          yes, now i understand your wise sentence, proxy by itself cannot do the job except with the collaboration of the firewall rules

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
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            @IT-ADMIN said:

            yes, i will open all ports except 80 and 443 for all destination, and for those 2 ports i should forward them only to the proxy IP

            Exactly.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
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              @IT-ADMIN said:

              yes, now i understand your wise sentence, proxy by itself cannot do the job except with the collaboration of the firewall rules

              🙂 Yes, one for the networking portion and one for the web portion.

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              • IT-ADMINI
                IT-ADMIN
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                yes you are right, thank you very much for your help and willingness to share your knowledge

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
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                  @IT-ADMIN said:

                  yes you are right, thank you very much for your help and willingness to share your knowledge

                  Glad to help 🙂

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                  • IT-ADMINI
                    IT-ADMIN
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                    by doing this portable browser cannot access the web unless they enter proxy setting (of the proxy), so they will be obliged to pass through the proxy, otherwise they cannot access the web

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
                      last edited by

                      @IT-ADMIN said:

                      by doing this portable browser cannot access the web unless they enter proxy setting (of the proxy), so they will be obliged to pass through the proxy, otherwise they cannot access the web

                      Correct

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                      • IT-ADMINI
                        IT-ADMIN
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                        and if they don't know my proxy setting they will contact me so that i will know who try to bypass the company policies and then i will make for them a good report with the manager hhhhhh

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
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                          @IT-ADMIN said:

                          and if they don't know my proxy setting they will contact me so that i will know who try to bypass the company policies and then i will make for them a good report with the manager hhhhhh

                          True. Although they will probably just fall back to the company browser at that point.

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                          • IT-ADMINI
                            IT-ADMIN
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                            hhhhhh, but still there is a way to access facebook even with all of these precaution and setting, online proxy browser, this way you cannot do anything

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                            • IT-ADMINI
                              IT-ADMIN
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                              and these online proxies are many, you cannot block all of theme

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
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                                @IT-ADMIN said:

                                hhhhhh, but still there is a way to access facebook even with all of these precaution and setting, online proxy browser, this way you cannot do anything

                                Correct, short of whitelisting there is absolutely nothing that you can do. Which is why, at the end of the day, it's generally best to not block and let HR retain people who work well and fire those who do not. Really, at the end of the day, people will just do it from their phones if you block it. Making them even less productive.

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                                • IT-ADMINI
                                  IT-ADMIN
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                                  yes but you don't have the choice, the administration think that blocking those website they will improve productivity, and i have to make what they ask me to do, the problem here my situation will be very embarassing if the manager know that someone still have the ability to access facebook or youtube, and the worst the manager don't understand that you cannot block all online proxies, he will think that you are not sharp enough to do the job

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
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                                    @IT-ADMIN said:

                                    yes but you don't have the choice, the administration think that blocking those website they will improve productivity, and i have to make what they ask me to do, the problem here my situation will be very embarassing if the manager know that someone still have the ability to access facebook or youtube, and the worst the manager don't understand that you cannot block all online proxies, he will think that you are not sharp enough to do the job

                                    Present the impossibility and all of the effort that will go into attempting to work around it OR just don't worry about it because the business isn't being rational.

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                                    • IT-ADMINI
                                      IT-ADMIN
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                                      because we don't have an IT manager, so you will find difficult time trying to explain to someone (owner) who don't understand what you are talking about, he know only one thing which is doing what i want: how to do that, it is your problem

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
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                                        Figuring out how to present to management is key. Put things into business terms and present the costs and trade offs and rational arguments. Don't talk tech, talk business.

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                                        • IT-ADMINI
                                          IT-ADMIN
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                                          yes you are right,

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