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12:33, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Range block on corporate web gateway software

Hi,
There is now a block that appears to be a recent addition, on the address range 161.69.0.0/16, that affects even non-anonymous editors. Not sure why I haven't encountered it until today, as the culprit seems to be our company's use of McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service, which has been deployed for quite awhile, and cannot be turned off by end users on their systems.

Since I use all my "good" computers for work-from-home, I am required to have the software installed on those computers, and again: can't be turned off. So if choose to edit (off the company clock, I hasten to add), I now have to resort to my broken-down, tiny-screened, 5-minute-battery life laptop that does not have WGCS installed.

Yes, this is the classic definition of a first-world problem. But still.

Is there any way to have this ban not affect logged-in users? I'm also curious if this only affects my company (AMD), or if it's endemic to any company deploying WGCS. Regards, NapoliRoma (talk) 01:38, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

@NapoliRoma. I understand. I’ve amended the block to enable logged in users to edit. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 12:42, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Thank you! --NapoliRoma (talk) 16:39, 21 April 2024 (UTC)