[ale] Getting around blocking software

[mhirsch at nubridges.com (Michael D. Hirsch)]

On Tuesday 04 May 2004 03:43 pm, Ryan Williams wrote:
> Can anyone suggest a linux alternative to Circumventor type software?
>
> http://www.peacefire.org/circumventor/simple-circumventor-
> instructions.html
>
> I'm setting up a linux box at home and wanted to give my wife a way to
> get around some of the blocking software at her work. For some odd
> reason, they have inexplicably blocked some truly harmless sites she
> wants to view on her down time. We've tried just using the IP for these
> sites or various anonymous proxies, but no joy. Any suggestions are
> welcome.

Do you know anything about how it works?  Are they blocking port 80 and 
forcing you to go through a proxy?  Are they doing transparent proxying?  Are 
they filtering each tcp packet?

I'd try running squid off site on a port other than 80 (I think it defaults to 
3128, or 8080) and pointyour browser to that.  That should avoid most forms 
of proxying.

Michael