Re: Cyber Monday

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"slackerama" <slackerama@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ryan P. wrote:
Chilly8 wrote:

For proxy site operators, like me, Cyber Monday is a busy
time for us, as we have to monitor the load, and re-boot
our machines, if the software should break under the load.
With a lot of employers blocking shopping sites, public
proxies, like mine, become INVALUABLE to the various
online retailers, as workers can bypass the filtering system,
using our proxies, and access the various shopping sites
and get their online Christmas shopping done. I am sure
a lot of the various online retailers LOVE what we do,
becuase we actually help increase their sales. Because of
us, they get more visits, and, in turn, more money.




I wonder how many people each year get fired for shopping while at work?

That is why proxy operators, like me, see their sites busy during
Cyber Monday. With my proxy, there is no POSSIBLE way they
can find out someone was shopping online from work. And being
I had a peak load at 368 at 14:03 UTC (9:03 AM US Eastern Time)
on Tuesday, I do predict my proxy to be very busy come Monday.
In each of these 368 cases, the boss would know that someone
connected to my proxy, but would not know where they went
beyond my proxy.


That's precisely the reason I do all my surfing through an ssh tunnel to
my home server running a squid proxy, bypassing the corporate monitoring
completely.


You are most correct there. With any proxy, including your own,
they cannot determine where you went. They would know you
were going to a proxy, but would NOT know where you went
BEYOND that proxy.


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