Help needed...Desperate person...

[Xiahou]

While we're on the subject of anonymous proxies, has anyone ever tried TOR, from the EFF? I've been meaning to check it out, but have yet to get around to it.

[Lemur]

I've used TOR. It's pretty nifty, and if you're feeling paranoid about your privacy, it's not a bad way to go. I wound up uninstalling it, however, since the Vidalia package I downloaded ran persistently. I mean, of course I could turn it off in msconfig, but still. I just don't need to be anonymous online more than once a month, when I check out the blogs of old acquaintances and don't want them to know I was lookin'.

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If you pair Vidalia with TorButton, you can toggle TOR on and off while your browse in Firefox. Kinda nifty.

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Of course, there are downsides to anything ...

[edyzmedieval]

Well, here is the problem: they thought of almost everything. Plus, it's my own computer!!! I cannot do anything with my own computer!!!

EDIT: It's over actually. You are denied to every proxy downloader. I can't believe I can't do anything with my computer. I don't want porn for god's sake, I just want to download Blender, GIMP, iTunes...

[drone]

I don't want porn for god's sake, I just want to download Blender, GIMP, iTunes...

Don't want pr0n? What's the matter with you?

You could always do an end-around, I suppose. If you have a laptop, maybe you could take it to a place in town with wireless access and download the desired programs. If not a laptop, go to an internet cafe and get the programs loaded onto a flash stick. The Sneakernet is the biggest security hole out there.

Or, depending on how much you want access, you could (god forbid) get a dial-up account in town and bypass the school's network altogether. This would only work if you have a modem, unlimited phone access, and unlimited patience...

[Bijo]

Drone's advice seems good. I would say more or less the same.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

EDIT: It's over actually. You are denied to every proxy downloader. I can't believe I can't do anything with my computer. I don't want porn for god's sake, I just want to download Blender, GIMP, iTunes...

Couldn't you do that at home, or are you at a boarding school?

[TevashSzat]

Well, here is the problem: they thought of almost everything. Plus, it's my own computer!!! I cannot do anything with my own computer!!!

EDIT: It's over actually. You are denied to every proxy downloader. I can't believe I can't do anything with my computer. I don't want porn for god's sake, I just want to download Blender, GIMP, iTunes...

Okay.....so why don't you try to make your own proxy?

Don't ask me how to do it, but some students at my school made ones and it worked for about a couple of months before it was patched up.

[sapi]

Okay.....so why don't you try to make your own proxy?

Don't ask me how to do it, but some students at my school made ones and it worked for about a couple of months before it was patched up.

He'd need an external server to set it up on...though do go ahead with the explanations; I've been meaning to set one up here for months

A point in the right direction re:software's all I'd really need

EDIT: It's over actually. You are denied to every proxy downloader. I can't believe I can't do anything with my computer. I don't want porn for god's sake, I just want to download Blender, GIMP, iTunes...

Have you tried tor? It should be nigh-on impossible to block (and someone here can email you the necessary files if it comes to that...)

[edyzmedieval]

I think TOR and that proxy site are the first things they denied.
And I've been warned by the IT teacher, whom I spoke to last night about this stupidity: Don't try to do anything nasty, even if you don't download porn and stuff like that, or they will kick you out of the school.

Dammit.

[Husar]

Can't you just go to some internet cafe or have a teacher supervise you if you just want some small programs like iTunes?

[Crazed Rabbit]

While we're on the subject of anonymous proxies, has anyone ever tried TOR, from the EFF? I've been meaning to check it out, but have yet to get around to it.

I have. Nice tool, though I never have much reason to use it.

Lemur - how could one add encryption to one's surfing?

CR

[Lemur]

Trying to remember ... I think it's an option within the Vidalia preferences. Like I said, I uninstalled the software, so I can't go doodle in the menus to figure it out.

It's a free download, though, and there's no harm in giving it a try.

You are denied to every proxy downloader.

Are you sure about that? Every proxy is blocked? At my old job, they had the vast majority blocked, but I found a nice one out of Germany that they had missed. Used it for months. It's always worth poking around some more ...

[Out]

There are other options too, but a proxy definitely seems easiest. The other method I know of involves some prep work, with an active server and some free software. Builds a tunnel and shoves the program you're working with through that tunnel, onto your server. Slow, obviously, but functional...

But it doesn't seem like that will help you, considering you're already trapped behind the firewall.

[Lemur]

Yeah, building your own VPN is the way to have full access from behind das evil firewall. But between getting the VPN up and running, and getting the server to behave like a proper TCP/IP proxy, I dunno if it's for the faint of heart. Can't see why it wouldn't work, though.