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killswitch1698

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Jun 9, 2009
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Hey all.

Im in my history of rock 'n roll class right now, and im trying to get to some sites for this class.

there is this new technology that blocks every single site out there by category- games, music sites, social networking; you name it. so i was just curious if any of you out there had any ideas of how to find another route around these websites.

P.S i have already made attempts to access sites through a proxy server, as well as trying to enter the site securely (https://)

any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
 
What proxy did you use?
A proxy website or a standalone proxy (such as FoxyProxy for firefox)?

I guess the former could be blocked but not the latter...

I just a proxy website. standalone proxies don't work either.
 
changing languages does not help the situation either unfortunately.

I meant that you can use Google Translate as a proxy. If the site is already in English, you "translate" it from any other language to English, and typically it just displays the original English, but under a Google domain instead of the original domain.
 
I meant that you can use Google Translate as a proxy. If the site is already in English, you "translate" it from any other language to English, and typically it just displays the original English, but under a Google domain instead of the original domain.

Smart cookie!
 
Smart cookie!

:D Think I actually picked that one up off Lifehacker. It's great if you're developing a website and either a) need to know what it looks like to someone who isn't signed in while make updates (although you could also just use a separate browser for that); and b) if you're making major changes behind the scenes and have put up a maintenance page and locked out everyone other than your own IP -- you can check that the maintenance page is working correctly.
 
My district uses the same filter, actually.

This is the only somewhat unfoolable (ooooh, new word?) method I know:

Search the name or address of the blocked site in Google, then when you find the entry, click "Cached" under it.

Works great except it does get wonky with Flash and whenever you click a link in the ceched page, you get sent to a non-cached link instead of a cached page. Not quick for sites where you have to switch pages often.
 
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