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Hi I can't view my website/shop when i'm surfing from the company network domain. I think that the domain name is the issue due to it having the same name. basically the domain network name is the same as the website address without the http/www. so i'm assuming that when i surf for that address its going to the network rather than out to the internet anddisplaying the website?? if this is the case can i simply change the domain name in order for it to veiw the web page? if so will this cause the users to lose their desktop setting due to it being a disfferant domain name?? long winded i know but i don't want ot have to change the name nad re-configure all of the users and their settings
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in the internal DNS add an A record for the website's IP with the "www" hostname
A www 194.50.25.15
access the website using www.website.... (it won't work without the www)
A www 194.50.25.15
access the website using www.website.... (it won't work without the www)
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A lot of companies don't want their employees going on the internet with their hardware unless it's for work.
The best way to save your job is to check your website at home. If you go and mess with company computers, then there's a very good chance that you will be out of a job.
The best way to save your job is to check your website at home. If you go and mess with company computers, then there's a very good chance that you will be out of a job.
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I agree with Suetan. most companies use use a proxy server or block non company related external websites. So your site will be blocked, and rightly so. Do you have any idea how much revenue companies loose each year due to misuse of company policy and browsing instead of working?
Messing about with these settings to will get you noticed, and possibly fired. Why would you want to view your own site and store whilst you're working?
Id check your companies Internet/Email usage policy, before attempting anything, or at least get permission from your boss.
Messing about with these settings to will get you noticed, and possibly fired. Why would you want to view your own site and store whilst you're working?
Id check your companies Internet/Email usage policy, before attempting anything, or at least get permission from your boss.
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guys, just read the post carefully:
this is the T/S's own domain and website.
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Originally Posted by Datacomms 
Hi I can't view my website/shop when i'm surfing from the company network domain. I think that the domain name is the issue due to it having the same name. basically the domain network name is the same as the website address without the http/www. so i'm assuming that when i surf for that address its going to the network rather than out to the internet anddisplaying the website?? if this is the case can i simply change the domain name in order for it to veiw the web page? if so will this cause the users to lose their desktop setting due to it being a disfferant domain name?? long winded i know but i don't want ot have to change the name nad re-configure all of the users and their settings
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Originally Posted by DimaYasny
this is the T/S's own domain and website.
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Originally Posted by Datacomms
my website/shop when i'm surfing from the company network domain
Also everything that you do on their hardware is recorded in a log. What sites you visit, when you did it, what programs you open, everything. It's all passed through the filter, and the filter records it in the log.
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Originally Posted by Datacomms
I think that the domain name is the issue due to it having the same name. basically the domain network name is the same as the website address without the http/www. so i'm assuming that when i surf for that address its going to the network rather than out to the internet anddisplaying the website??
If you do put http://www.yoursite.com, you're definately going to run into the password prompt. If that's the case, it's very likely that you'll be caught.
Like I said before, your website is not worth your job, just check it at home.
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gosh, people, can't you read?
imagine a website www.abcd.com
that's the name of the company, and the company hosts the website with a hosting company.
now that company sets up their office network with the domain abcd.com (it should be abcd.local, but there are no real restrictions)
everything abcd.com is now, for office workstations, being resolved by the internal DNS server that works with active directory. but the company website is not there, it is in a completely different place on a webhosting farm.
the result is: website is accessible to everyone in the world, except for the company employees, because the internal DNS server resolves it internally, and doesn't forward a query for it to the root servers.
In order to make the website accessible to company employees all you need to do is go into the internal DNS server configuration and add an A record for www.abcd.com with the IP of the website, so it can be internally resolved.
what you guys are talking about is bypassing protective filters, I am talking about a common misconfiguration that lots of small companies have to get around.
imagine a website www.abcd.com
that's the name of the company, and the company hosts the website with a hosting company.
now that company sets up their office network with the domain abcd.com (it should be abcd.local, but there are no real restrictions)
everything abcd.com is now, for office workstations, being resolved by the internal DNS server that works with active directory. but the company website is not there, it is in a completely different place on a webhosting farm.
the result is: website is accessible to everyone in the world, except for the company employees, because the internal DNS server resolves it internally, and doesn't forward a query for it to the root servers.
In order to make the website accessible to company employees all you need to do is go into the internal DNS server configuration and add an A record for www.abcd.com with the IP of the website, so it can be internally resolved.
what you guys are talking about is bypassing protective filters, I am talking about a common misconfiguration that lots of small companies have to get around.
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@DimaYasny
You're right, it could be a problem with the DNS settings, but from what I've seen businesses usually go through a hosting service that sets up your domain settings.
If it's the business' website, then I'd set the filter permissions to allow access to that site.
Another thing that it can be is that the website isn't added to the local intranet. That would have to be handled by the network admin.
You're right, it could be a problem with the DNS settings, but from what I've seen businesses usually go through a hosting service that sets up your domain settings.
If it's the business' website, then I'd set the filter permissions to allow access to that site.
Another thing that it can be is that the website isn't added to the local intranet. That would have to be handled by the network admin.
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Originally Posted by Suetan
@DimaYasny
You're right, it could be a problem with the DNS settings,
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but from what I've seen businesses usually go through a hosting service that sets up your domain settings.
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If it's the business' website, then I'd set the filter permissions to allow access to that site.
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Another thing that it can be is that the website isn't added to the local intranet. That would have to be handled by the network admin.
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