After some research and a few emails with Panera and then SonicWall it is definitely confirmed. Tinyurl is blocked by Panera. They are using SonicWall and tiny url is rated as (27.IT/Computers and 28.Hacking/Proxy Avoidance).
So I exchanged email with Panera customer support. They referred me to SonicWall and I put in ticket to change the rating on tinyurl. Well that was like talking to a brick wall. I requested it be rated as IT related only and removed as a hacking site and this is the response.
Dear Customer:
You submitted the following rating request to SonicWALL CFS Support:
Rate tinyurl.com as “27.Information Tech/Computers” at 2008-04-18 15:25:00.277
The request has been reviewed and rated as:
“27.Information Tech/Computers, 28.Hacking/Proxy Avoidance” at 2008-04-18 15:26:00.447
You should see this rating change reflected within 1 to 3 business days.
Thank you for your request,
SonicWALL CFS Support
Well this is about stupid. They act like they responded to my request but what they did was leave it still rated as a hacking/proxy avoidance site. Perhaps I’m missing something but does anybody know how tinyurl works around a proxy? Doesn’t it just give you a redirect to the site. The redirect still has to pass through the proxy.
Anyway thanks to this and their somewhat slow Internet anyway I’m thinking it is becoming a less desirable place to land in the mornings and work. Sad
