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Security matters: How staff get round IT controls

By Dan Ilett

Published: May 28 2008 01:27 | Last updated: May 28 2008 01:27

It is frighteningly easy to bypass controls aimed at restricting access to websites, if you know how.

For example, to access restricted sites from a company network, simply connect a PC to a “proxy” server outside the network and a user can stay on Facebook all day, ignore all the censorship controls, and no one will know.

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