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get around website blocks

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
As a new member, I thought I'd do a bit to contribute to the forum by
writing a little tutorial about a technology topic I'm knowledgeable in.

In a society where many people use the Internet at work and school as
part of their everyday activities, it's no wonder that many schools and
corporations block access to a good portion of the web. Sites blocked
may only be a few, but often include popular social networking sites
such as MySpace and Facebook as well as popular forums like this one.

What is a web proxy? How do they work?
Often referred to as "proxy" or "website unblocker", a web proxy is a
special sort of site that loads websites through its own servers and
delivers them to your computer, which allows the web filters and firewalls
responsible for website blocks to be bypassed. Simply put, they are a
middle man of sorts between you and the Internet. Web proxies are a
popular way of getting around website blocks.

Whenever I'm browsing the web where a site is blocked, I use the proxy
****

Though there are many proxies out there, this one has been around for a
while and has a good reputation. It also isn't full of annoying
pop-ups.


Proxies are pretty straightforward and easy to use. Say for instance my
company decided to block this forum. If I wanted to unblock it, I
would go the the Internet address of a proxy site. I would then enter the
URL of the site and click "Submit", like I would with any other web
form. The proxy would then take me to what is known as a "proxified" page,
which would be the site in its unblocked form. From there I could
browse the site as I normally would, except it wouldn't be blocked. Pretty
cool, huh? Proxies work with just about every website out there.

I hope this guide is of use to everyone in this forum. Your school or
workplace might block sites, but now you can get around it!

Comments

  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Until of course you work blocks **** :banghead:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Smells like spam to me.

    But yeah, I personally would choose to do all my web browsing through a proxy that I knew nothing about. If I was stupid.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Just a thought, if you use a proxy like this which you don't know anything about, would it not be possible for them to intercept your logon credentials for any site that you log onto - and possibly wreak havoc by stealing your identity, cash etc?

    Or am I being paranoid? :confused:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Teagan wrote: »
    Just a thought, if you use a proxy like this which you don't know anything about, would it not be possible for them to intercept your logon credentials for any site that you log onto - and possibly wreak havoc by stealing your identity, cash etc?

    Or am I being paranoid? :confused:


    Not overly paranoid, no.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    There used to be an email to web to email service I saw years ago - you send an email containing the URL of the website you want to view and then you get emailed back the webpage. Can't remember what it was called.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Does anyone remember "Hummingbird Socks"? A roommate introduced me to it because a few web sites were blocked at our university halls connection. It was very few though.. Napster/OpenNap servers was the only one I could think of right now. It was a small program that you had to install. Once installed, the OpenNap servers would be accessible again but at the cost of slight reduction on overall net speed.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Unless you work for the government, in which case everything you do is recorded, and any website not ending in .gov.uk or similar is blocked anyway.
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