paranoia
10-26-2006, 06:45 PM
Note: These were tried using the 8e6 filter, how other ones will fare is unknown.
1.Look for alternate versions of sites.
For example, 4chan is blocked under the 8e6 filter. However, it's sister site, The Futaba Channel, isn't.
2.Ping!
This works on a few sites, but not a lot. OSNews is banned under the 8e6 filter, but you can get past it by typing in your computer's command prompt "ping www.osnews.com" without the quotes. An IP address will show up. Copy and paste it into your browser.
3.Turn you home computer into a server.
I know the following works with Linux and Mac OS X, not sure about Windows. For best results, you must have a static IP address.
Install an SSH server into your home folder on your HOME computer, and make sure it's set up. Place a text-based web browser (I recommend Lynx or Links) into your folder if you have Mac OS. If you have Linux, just apt-get, yum, or what-have-you the web browser. Go to http://www.whatsmyip.org/, and write down the IP address. At your school, download an SSH client (It doesn't matter what OS this is.) Open the SSH client, and tell it to go to the IP address you copied down. If you're lucky, you now have remote access into your computer! Now, open your text-based web browser. (If you have Linux, you can use a graphical one by doing all the above steps with a VNC viewer.)
4.Download the sites.
If you read news sites, you can Google the site, and then when you find it, right-click and click "Save Link As...". (Note: This is untested.) If this fails, simply download the websites using your home computer, place them on a USB disk, and take the disk to school.
1.Look for alternate versions of sites.
For example, 4chan is blocked under the 8e6 filter. However, it's sister site, The Futaba Channel, isn't.
2.Ping!
This works on a few sites, but not a lot. OSNews is banned under the 8e6 filter, but you can get past it by typing in your computer's command prompt "ping www.osnews.com" without the quotes. An IP address will show up. Copy and paste it into your browser.
3.Turn you home computer into a server.
I know the following works with Linux and Mac OS X, not sure about Windows. For best results, you must have a static IP address.
Install an SSH server into your home folder on your HOME computer, and make sure it's set up. Place a text-based web browser (I recommend Lynx or Links) into your folder if you have Mac OS. If you have Linux, just apt-get, yum, or what-have-you the web browser. Go to http://www.whatsmyip.org/, and write down the IP address. At your school, download an SSH client (It doesn't matter what OS this is.) Open the SSH client, and tell it to go to the IP address you copied down. If you're lucky, you now have remote access into your computer! Now, open your text-based web browser. (If you have Linux, you can use a graphical one by doing all the above steps with a VNC viewer.)
4.Download the sites.
If you read news sites, you can Google the site, and then when you find it, right-click and click "Save Link As...". (Note: This is untested.) If this fails, simply download the websites using your home computer, place them on a USB disk, and take the disk to school.