Dear All

I use Ubuntu Linux system 10.04 under a network. I think network admins can see the web pages I visited. How can I hide the the addresses I connected? Is there any way of that ?

bests

If you don't do anything wrong, no reason to hide the web pages you visited.

Nothing wrong, I just want to change my job and looking for a new one. So I do not want the people know about that. I think quite legal, to keep private.

This is not the correct place to ask for this. Your administrators, and company or school, clearly have a set of procedures and processes. LQ will not help with circumventing them. The Rules make this explicit. If you need to browse without the admins having the opportunity to see, you should go to an internet cafe or your local library.

Legal yes, but remember one thing, if you're doing this on your work computer and on their network, they have full legal rights to monitor your network and computer activity. There's no such thing as privacy when it's not owned by you.

If you don't want anyone to know what you're doing, then work while at work and browse jobs in your own time when you are not at work. I'm sure your job wouldn't appreciate paying you to just sit and browse for jobs while on the clock.

Okay, I think I have enough work ethic not to listen from the others. I am sure you are not writing private e-mails, and even not browsing nothing in google other than the things related to your work . thank you for your advises Mr. Perfects

best ragards

I never said I didn't browse or write personal emails while at work, if allowed to do so but to an extent. Just don't expect privacy when using your companies property or try to bend the rules for yourself.

If you don't want to get caught, then don't do it at work, it's that simple. I might like to look at porn online but I don't do that while at work.

We apologise for trying to prevent you being fired or prosecuted for circumventing the security policies of your work. Clearly we are in the wrong since you know best. Enjoy being investigated.

Or perhaps one could look at it this way.

Sure it's not illegal for you to search jobs while at work. If you work at a place that allows freedom to browse in downtimes, then most don't setup a specific rule to prohibit this, they just likely frown upon it if the IT or Administrator notices someone browsing job sites.

I would take this approach though. Do it in your own time and let potential employers know this. If you are contacted either by phone or email, kindly tell them your availability time during lunch or break times, where you can be reached or you'll call them back during such times. If I were an employer seeking a new employee, I would frown upon the day I hire you only to know when you are seeking new employment, you're likely going to do it on the time I'm paying you to work. So honestly, you might impress a potential employer by showing some type of ethics and loyalty before you depart your current job.

Just use proxy, which hashes URL. It calles - anonymizer proxy.
It will open their web page, where you will be able to write URL.

Read more about anonymizers. Use your rights.

nimnull*;
You will note that a moderator has already stated that we will not answer this kind of question here. LQ is not in the business of helping people circumvent the rules of their workplace or other organization which is providing facilities.

Do not do this again.

It is his rights to wish or do not wish to show. Please remember about this.

If moderators think, that we here CAN'T suggest how to use them, it should be said on the first page clearly by large font. It will give people good idea what IS this web site.

People have to know possibilities, but they also have to remember about responsibilities.
And follow their job rules.

But it is not good to hide possibilities from them either.

nimnull*;

Here is the most applicable part of the rules:

I've underlined the relevant phrase.

What is more important here is that a moderator has stated that we will not help with this question. If you want to challenge this, then you should contact the moderator---otherwise you are required to comply.

If you have any further questions, please contact any moderator privately (PM or e-mail)

Honestly, as a system administrator myself, sites like this would raise bigger red flags than just browsing the job search sites. This would give me the impression the user is possibly looking at something potentially damaging or directly against the rules, like porn sites or an illegal site.

Personally I doubt any IT person who is actually monitoring website browsing from end users could care less about job search sites, unless they were specifically told by management above them to report such activity.

The question was not about cracking, piracy, warez, fraud or any topic that could be damaging to either LinuxQuestions.org or any third party.

Question was about personal privacy.

I just want to say if anybody CAN by their internal policy hide internet activity, and care about privacy they have to use it.

But I THINK, that in the answer here we have to give a suggestion, BUT also remind about rules and strongly suggest to ask "network admins" about personal privacy. Because people HAVE to know do their internet activity is monitored or is not. Because it is their right - to KNOW and to CHOOSE.