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I working in nt domain environment and access to the internet was given only to selected people in our office.
Since we are only using proxy server to connect to net I was able to setup my pc to have an access.
I'm using windows me and I used to clear all the temporary internet files and typed url in their respective folders inorder to hide my access to net. Is this enough to hide my access from my administrator?

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by ann777

No, it is not. There's also a Cookies folder and a History Folder on the local machine.

What's more is that if the administrator is keeping logs of ip addresses that get outside through the proxy, he or she will know that you are accessing theInternet.

Better to approach your supervisor and explain to him or her why you need Internet access (hopefully for work-related tasks) and justify it so that they take take it higher up and get it approved formally.

by alpha-male

Not only is it not enough to hide your activity, but you are most likely risking a reprimand (or even termination) for what you are doing. The fact you are attempting to hide it will only make matters worse.

If you have a legitimate need for internet access, then follow the appropriate proceedure to have it granted. With Proxy Server (and a host of other network management tools, packet sniffers etc) your browsing activity can be detected and logged. Depending on how much effort they want to put into the monitoring, they can most likely determine not only what sites you accessed, but what applications you were using also (instant messengers, ftp, etc).

I recommend you stop using the internet access without permission immediately...is it worth risking your job over? If what you are doing is work related, you should have no problem getting access permissions. If it is not work related, then you have to ask yourself is it worth the risk involved?

by Member 35772270

You can hide and delete all the files and cookies that you want. If you administrator is doing there job, they will be monitoring network traffic and can trace the internedt activity back to the system being used. " Bam!!! Your Busted" Best option is to convince them that you need access to the internet.

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