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« on: April 12, 2013, 08:34 »
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I have come across several sites that are blocked by the firewall at my place of employment. They are blocked by WebSense.

Not all Symbio sites are blocked, which leads me to assume it has something to do with the host.

The following sites are not accessible to me:

www.aseanphotostock.com
www.stereoshutter.com
www.cathyslifestockphotos.com
www.imagoborealis.com
www.hookstockimages.com
www.Stockabily.com

If one of the above sites is yours, please post who is hosting your site. It would not be good if people in a corporate environment can't access your site. See the warning on the image below.



« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2013, 08:53 »
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I tested those from the office at my day job and none of them were blocked here.

« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2013, 09:20 »
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that a lot of sites blocked! I am with bluehost (aseanphotostock.com)

« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2013, 09:26 »
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So wouldnt it be a problem with your place of employments firewall? I just checked here at my work and nothing is blocked. I dont see how we are going to be able to control everyones firewalls. I am with ix webhosting.

« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2013, 09:34 »
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So wouldnt it be a problem with your place of employments firewall? I just checked here at my work and nothing is blocked. I dont see how we are going to be able to control everyones firewalls. I am with ix webhosting.

Several sites, including my own, are not blocked.

I do think it is safe to assume that that my place of employment is not the only one with these restrictions/firewall settings.

Franky242's site is also blocked and he is with BlueHost.


« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2013, 09:37 »
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I'm with Bluehost too and my site wasn't on your list.  Did you check karensarragaphotography.com ?

« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2013, 09:38 »
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I'm with Bluehost too and my site wasn't on your list.  Did you check karensarragaphotography.com ?


Blocked.

tab62

« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2013, 09:41 »
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not sure about your workplace but at my place if I get caught looking at my side business my side business would be a full time job!  ;D



« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2013, 09:43 »
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not sure about your workplace but at my place if I get caught looking at my side business my side business would be a full time job!  ;D


I'm just shopping for stock images.  ;)

steheap

  • Author of best selling "Get Started in Stock"

« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2013, 09:48 »
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I'm with Bluehost - can you please check BackyardStockPhotos.com? Link in my signature below

Steve

« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2013, 09:53 »
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not sure about your workplace but at my place if I get caught looking at my side business my side business would be a full time job!  ;D


I'm just shopping for stock images.  ;)


Cool, i hope it gets straightened out.


It says " this adsense category." Any way to find out what that category is? Could it be "stock photos?" Can you check the firewall or you are certain it is an issue with the wordpress sites? If some sites are blocked and some are not, guess we just have to find the differences.

« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2013, 09:59 »
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I'm with Bluehost - can you please check BackyardStockPhotos.com? Link in my signature below

Steve

Blocked.

Must be an issue with Bluehost and the settings on the firewall here.

Not sure if this is something that can be worked out between BlueHost and Websense, or if someone here blocked the Bluehost IP.

« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2013, 10:05 »
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steheap

  • Author of best selling "Get Started in Stock"

« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2013, 10:05 »
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I've emailed Websense to see if I can find out why they are blocked.

Not a great start to our new adventure!

steve

« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2013, 10:18 »
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I've emailed Websense to see if I can find out why they are blocked.

Not a great start to our new adventure!

steve

This could be specific to my location, but it also could be a much bigger issue. A Google search for "bluehost blocked by websense" does bring up several results. I just don't have the time to dig into it much right now.

steheap

  • Author of best selling "Get Started in Stock"

« Reply #15 on: April 12, 2013, 10:21 »
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Yes - there are not many web hits for that phrase though, and I have looked at most of them. There was an issue a couple of years back about some malware getting into Bluehost sites, but I imagine that was fixed back in 2010.

I noticed on the Websense site that they categorize sites into all sorts of categories and one is to do with sites that are predominately images. Maybe we are being categorized in that way and your company doesn't want you looking at those sort of sites - although I'm only guessing.

I'll see what Websense says in response to my email. I've been given a case number!

Steve

« Reply #16 on: April 12, 2013, 10:24 »
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I'm with Bluehost - can you please check BackyardStockPhotos.com? Link in my signature below

Steve

Blocked.

Must be an issue with Bluehost and the settings on the firewall here.

Not sure if this is something that can be worked out between BlueHost and Websense, or if someone here blocked the Bluehost IP.


I am not on bluehost so your company must be blocking some other way, if they are blocking. I suspect that your firewall has been configed to block adsense ads, but i am only guessing. I am not up on how that works.


Edit: i did a couple searchs too and i think it might be a company blocking thing.
« Last Edit: April 12, 2013, 10:29 by cclapper »

steheap

  • Author of best selling "Get Started in Stock"

« Reply #17 on: April 12, 2013, 10:26 »
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block adsense ads

I don't have an adsense ads on my stock photo site

Steve

« Reply #18 on: April 12, 2013, 10:30 »
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Just a thought, are these all new domains or established ones.  If mine is blocked try kerioak.com to see if that comes up or not?

« Reply #19 on: April 12, 2013, 10:32 »
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block adsense ads

I don't have an adsense ads on my stock photo site

Steve


I dont either. Could there just be some keywords that we are using that the company has included in a block?

« Reply #20 on: April 12, 2013, 10:39 »
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Just a thought, are these all new domains or established ones.  If mine is blocked try kerioak.com to see if that comes up or not?

Your site loads, both kerioak.com and your symbio sub domain.

« Reply #21 on: April 12, 2013, 10:40 »
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I'm with Bluehost - can you please check BackyardStockPhotos.com? Link in my signature below

Steve

Blocked.

Must be an issue with Bluehost and the settings on the firewall here.

Not sure if this is something that can be worked out between BlueHost and Websense, or if someone here blocked the Bluehost IP.


I am not on bluehost so your company must be blocking some other way, if they are blocking. I suspect that your firewall has been configed to block adsense ads, but i am only guessing. I am not up on how that works.


Edit: i did a couple searchs too and i think it might be a company blocking thing.

Not sure why Google AdWords would have anything to do with this.

Leo Blanchette

« Reply #22 on: April 12, 2013, 10:42 »
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Just found this. Check site reputation. Is my site blocked?

New sites are held suspect for first year since spam sites rarely last more than a year. Btw are those sites using network feature?

I'll find out what it is when I get back

« Reply #23 on: April 12, 2013, 10:47 »
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Just found this. Check site reputation. Is my site blocked?

New sites are held suspect for first year since spam sites rarely last more than a year. Btw are those sites using network feature?

I'll find out what it is when I get back

I was wondering if it was something like that, sites seem to have to earn reputations (think of Symantech blocking sites till enough people say they are okay etc).  Mine has been around for years in various forms so should be okay by now I think

« Reply #24 on: April 12, 2013, 10:48 »
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Im not a tech person but I'm just having coffee and and reading local newspapers where it says that there are huge DDOS attacks on wordpress platform and there is large amount of sites that are unavailable at the moment.
















 

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