Sqwertz wrote:

>> all my Internet access at work is through an Air Force computer. (Before
>> the move we had commercial Internet access, and we could bring our own
>> computers in to work.) The military computers don't have any newsreader
>> software. I *could* participate using Google Groups, but the bandwidth is
>> so crappy that it would be an exercise in frustration -- much like
>> listening to you trying to count past ten.
>
> Use VNC (such as RealVNC, etc) through port 80 or 8080.
>
> I have yet to find an employer (or contractor) that sniffs/blocks browser
> connections to VNC servers. With moderate use it has low enough overhead
> that it doesn't show up on most radars. UNless you work for the French.

Well, I can't install any software on the military computers, and even if I
could, I don't want to lower my home network security settings to allow VNC
servers access to my home computer. Usenet just isn't that important to me.

Bob