CycleChat...access denied!

mazcp
mazcp Posts: 953
edited August 2007 in Commuting chat
(sorry this has nothing to do with commuting, but there didn't seem to be an appropriate forum room for this question!)

Has anyone else's IT department recently denied you access to 'CycleChat' website (those of you that also use that forum)? I guess it's on account of the fact that the name 'Chat' appears in the website name....I got this message today:

Websense has denied access to the requested URL because of its content categorization: "Web Chat;Internet Communication"

Big Brother is watching you! (...well, he's watching me, at least)

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  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    The problem is the word "Chat" in the url, I'm afraid
  • mazcp
    mazcp Posts: 953
    alfablue wrote:
    The problem is the word "Chat" in the url, I'm afraid
    I think so, too.
    I remember you from the C+ forum...Nice to 'meet' you again ( I was 'maz').
  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    Hiya Maz, nice to meet you too! I see you have gained a "cp" appendage!!!
  • mazcp
    mazcp Posts: 953
    alfablue wrote:
    Hiya Maz, nice to meet you too! I see you have gained a "cp" appendage!!!
    Yeah. When they ported the user ids across from C+, they added 'cp' (for C Plus) to the end of my name. You'll see a few others like that, too.
  • palinurus
    palinurus Posts: 836
    I've been denied access at work since today, same thing.
  • Greenbank
    Greenbank Posts: 731
    How about doing some work?
    --
    If I had a baby elephant signature, I\'d use that.
  • mazcp
    mazcp Posts: 953
    Greenbank wrote:
    How about doing some work?
    You'd break the habit of a lifetime...
  • spen666
    spen666 Posts: 17,709
    alfablue wrote:
    The problem is the word "Chat" in the url, I'm afraid

    no it isn't as we could gain access to it before and it had chat in the url then as well
    Want to know the Spen666 behind the posts?
    Then read MY BLOG @ http://www.pebennett.com

    Twittering @spen_666
  • stephenb
    stephenb Posts: 75
    same problem here. Barred under "web chat". Anyone able to tell Admin at cycle chat? Could they do anything about it?
  • mazcp
    mazcp Posts: 953
    Seems like it's quite a common problem.
    It's just not fair...the IT bods are bigoted cyclistists!
  • Hairy Jock
    Hairy Jock Posts: 558
    mazcp wrote:
    (sorry this has nothing to do with commuting, but there didn't seem to be an appropriate forum room for this question!)

    Has anyone else's IT department recently denied you access to 'CycleChat' website (those of you that also use that forum)? I guess it's on account of the fact that the name 'Chat' appears in the website name....I got this message today:

    Websense has denied access to the requested URL because of its content categorization: "Web Chat;Internet Communication"

    Big Brother is watching you! (...well, he's watching me, at least)

    Try the new www.Cycle-Cafe.net domain and see if they have blocked that....
    **************
    Best advice I ever got was "better get a bike then"
    Cycle commuting since 1994. Blog with cycle bits.
    Also with the old C+ crowd at Cycle Chat.
  • mazcp
    mazcp Posts: 953
    Hairy Jock wrote:
    ...Try the new www.Cycle-Cafe.net domain and see if they have blocked that....
    Cheers, HJ...I'll give it a go tomorrow.
  • stephenb
    stephenb Posts: 75
    cheers hairyjock, works a treat - productivity back down to usual levels today!
  • mazcp
    mazcp Posts: 953
    stephenb wrote:
    cheers hairyjock, works a treat - productivity back down to usual levels today!
    Same here! 'Working' again!

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