My place of work Is fairly
gestapo when it comes to
surfing at work. We're not allowed to do it, even between calls (I work
helldesk).
Now, they were browsing the
log files one day, and they must've seen my 10,000 or so hits
1 of "
Everything2.com", because I came to work one day and
Everything2.com, Everything2.org, and Everything2.net were all blocked. Me being the
geek I am, this was just a minor irrtitation.
Here's how to get around it:
Find the IP address
E2's
IP is: 216.200.201.214
If you're looking to get to other sites that work has blocked, you'll need to find a website that'll do dns lookups for you. I used the one at http://www.bankes.com/
nslookup.htm .
This worked fine, but it wasn't too long untill they clued in and just blocked the whole IP. What was I to do?
Convert the IP to decimal (seriously):
Take the IP that you just got.
216.200.201.214
Seperate it into 4 different numbers.
216 200 201 214
Turn each of those numbers into
binary, making sure to pad the beginning of it with 0's untill each block has 8
bits
11011000 11001000 11001001 11010110
Now string them all together
11011000110010001100100111010110
And convert it into
decimal
3637037526
Tada... Throw that into the
address bar of your
browser, and unless it's blocked by hardware it should work.
Apparantly there's also a tool called the "
URL Discombobulator" lets you convert back and forth from the IP to the decimal or binary address. It's at http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptlookup.asp
-Thanks
koreykruse
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