The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #145459   Message #3365396
Posted By: JohnInKansas
19-Jun-12 - 07:26 AM
Thread Name: Tech: 403 Forbidden
Subject: RE: Tech: 403 Forbidden
I've known of a few cases where employees were allowed to connect their home computers through a company network (so they didn't have to subscribe to a separate ISP), and a company network that you use as a pass-through might still block some sites. Permission for such use has been rare, but I've also known of a few cases of employees trying to "sneak through" the company rig surreptitiously.

If a "nanny program" is turned on for the home computer, the kids may have tried to "crack" it (to look up vagina?), and accidentally turned it on for the whole family.

Or a neglected spouse might have turned on the nanny in a fit over time spent here, in order to get some individual face-time - although that would almost never happen to any of our regulars since we're all such loving persons devoted to fulfilling all our home obligations.

A browser setting for excessively "high security" browsing might block mudcat, since the site doesn't present a "certificate." In IE, Tools|Internet Options|Security Tab is the place to check the setting; but I can't comment about other browsers.

Any other symptoms we can consider more seriously?

John