One possibility, depending on how your firewall "blocks" the site is quite interesting actually. First, get the IP address of the site that is blocked. A simple "ping mail.yahoo.com" will work. Then, convert the IP address to binary form:
64.58.76.98 = 1000000.111010.1001100.1100010 Remove the "."s, but remember to add any necessary 0s so that each octet has 8 digits: 01000000.00111010.01001100.01100010 = 01000000001110100100110001100010 Convert back to decimal: 01000000001110100100110001100010 = 1077562466 Then use http://1077562466 I think this is how it works. It used to work for IE 5.x, but it doesn't appear to work for IE 6. I may be doing something wrong though. If you have an IE 5.x box laying around, try it and see. If it doesn't work, let me know and I'll see if I can figure it out. Brownfox -----Original Message----- From: Lou, Larry Y. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 6:22 PM To: 'SECURITY-BASICS ([EMAIL PROTECTED])' Subject: IP/Website restriction Hi all, I'm just curious as whether or not is possible for internal user to connect to a website/IP (ex.hotmail.com) which has been blocked by the firewall. If so, how? Link or doc will be appreciated. Larry
