Ways around internet filters

DeLLy- · 07-07-2007, 08:20 AM

Wondering if there is ways around web filters. 12 hour shifts and most of the websites I frequent are getting blocked at my work. I frankly don't give a flying f about what they think when they block gaming websites such as Wow, somethingawful, nihilum.eu, fohguild.org/screenshots forum but not any other sections.

Pretty sure they use Webwasher as their filter, dunno if that'll help.

prescient63 · 07-07-2007, 08:40 AM

no clue, but you could just try a proxy. Works at my work. That is my personal one. It shouldn't be watched by filters.

DeLLy- · 07-07-2007, 08:45 AM

Hmm not sure why my post says I only have 1 post.. weird.

Anyways.. any certain way I should set that up or should it be okay to use as is? Not sure what some of the options are like "Show referer" or "Base64" etc.

Oh and thanks btw. Working good so far.

prescient63 · 07-07-2007, 09:00 AM

Should be fine as is.

Edit: I don't remember what they all do. base64 is just the way it scrambles the address you are requesting if i remember correctly. You can just look up the script to see all of what it does. It is a pretty popular one.

Kaxmax · 07-07-2007, 10:11 AM

A word of advice: be very careful when trying to get around filtering software. Most of the firms I've done work with lately have an immediate termination policy on anyone trying to circumvent proxy/filtering software, and most network teams scan for that sort of thing. Not saying this is necessarily the case where you work, but know that most places are really starting to crack down on network security.

Phelps McManus · 07-07-2007, 10:37 AM

I use Remote Desktop (comes with Windows) to connect to my home computer and surf from there. It is an encrypted protocol and has some other handy features besides bypassing content blockers.

The main disadvantage is bandwidth. I turned off animated gifs in firefox and use the flashblock addon, so avatars and ads don't slow me down. Posted screenshots are a pain as well. Otherwise, surfing forums is faster than if I do it on my work machine in an actual browser.

Gudrid · 07-07-2007, 11:24 AM

List of 300+ proxy sites

Kaosu · 07-07-2007, 04:41 PM

IP Tunneling is always a sure-fire way. Or setting up your own proxy then connect to it at work is always a good way of doing things, kinda of like a home private proxy server; or you could try to just make a VPN at home and connect it at work. That'd work too.

Jysin-DW · 07-08-2007, 02:00 PM

Kaxmax is correct though. Network Admins can detect alot of the bypassing methods and a lot of companies (like mine) have an immediate termination policy. Is your job worth surfing a few restricted websites?

prescient63 · 07-08-2007, 08:08 PM

Could always just use logmein.com as an alternative to remote desktop. Works well and right through your browser. Plus no tunneling (that is actually pretty easy to detect).

Desidero · 07-09-2007, 12:22 AM

A fun simple way that we used back in high school:

Go into DOS and ping your site (i.e. google.com, whatever)

Google's IP from my ping came up as 64.233.161.103 (AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD)

Plug those numbers into this equation: (AAA * 256^3) + (BBB * 256^2) + (CCC * 256) + DDD

The answer comes out to 1089053031.

Enter http://1089053031/ in your browser. Google!

If you needed to go to www.mywebsite.com/things/whatever.html, you'd just do http://xxxxxxxxxxx/things/whatever.html, where xxxxxxxxxx is the number for mywebsite.com

It's not as elegant as all the fancy stuff mentioned before, but it does work.

Gudrid · 07-09-2007, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niniinka

A fun simple way that we used back in high school:

Go into DOS and ping your site (i.e. google.com, whatever)

Google's IP from my ping came up as 64.233.161.103 (AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD)

Plug those numbers into this equation: (AAA * 256^3) + (BBB * 256^2) + (CCC * 256) + DDD

The answer comes out to 1089053031.

Enter Google in your browser. Google!

If you needed to go to www.mywebsite.com/things/whatever.html, you'd just do http://xxxxxxxxxxx/things/whatever.html, where xxxxxxxxxx is the number for mywebsite.com

It's not as elegant as all the fancy stuff mentioned before, but it does work.

Can you explain that more in depth or do you have a link to a wiki? I know how do it, but is there a term for that type of address.

Tuco · 07-09-2007, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gudrid

Can you explain that more in depth or do you have a link to a wiki? I know how do it, but is there a term for that type of address.

If you can't figure it out based on his instructions, then, sorry, but you don't deserve to bypass anything with that method.

I want to try it at my new job but I doubt our network admin would respond well to the question, "Hey I might have found a way to bypass your network security. What's a website address that's banned but wouldn't be that bad for me to look at?"

Gudrid · 07-09-2007, 07:57 PM

I understand how it works just fine. I work through a vpn with sonicwall filtered websites and was able to load blocked sites with no problem with that method. I'm not trying to be sneaky or anything, the network admin probably doesn't care anyhow since he blocked all gaming sites except WoW and plays on the "employee server."

edit:nm found what i was looking for

07-07-2007, 08:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
DeLLy- Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2 +0 Internets	Ways around internet filters Wondering if there is ways around web filters. 12 hour shifts and most of the websites I frequent are getting blocked at my work. I frankly don't give a flying f about what they think when they block gaming websites such as Wow, somethingawful, nihilum.eu, fohguild.org/screenshots forum but not any other sections. Pretty sure they use Webwasher as their filter, dunno if that'll help.

07-07-2007, 08:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
DeLLy- Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2 +0 Internets	Hmm not sure why my post says I only have 1 post.. weird. Anyways.. any certain way I should set that up or should it be okay to use as is? Not sure what some of the options are like "Show referer" or "Base64" etc. Oh and thanks btw. Working good so far. Last edited by DeLLy- : 07-07-2007 at 08:53 AM.

07-07-2007, 09:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
prescient63 You can't blame women for what they do wrong in the same way that you can't blame a dog for what it does wrong. Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,420 -7 Internets	Should be fine as is. Edit: I don't remember what they all do. base64 is just the way it scrambles the address you are requesting if i remember correctly. You can just look up the script to see all of what it does. It is a pretty popular one. Last edited by prescient63 : 07-07-2007 at 09:16 AM.

07-07-2007, 04:41 PM	#8 (permalink)
Kaosu Lost in the Twilight Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gilbert/Chandler, Arizona Posts: 1,022 -4 Internets	IP Tunneling is always a sure-fire way. Or setting up your own proxy then connect to it at work is always a good way of doing things, kinda of like a home private proxy server; or you could try to just make a VPN at home and connect it at work. That'd work too. __________________ Like a frenzied horse that is driven. An unseen wind of plague shrieks across the border. Pandemonium, wailing, and stench of carnage fills the air. There is no place to run. No hope of escape. Those who are mourned will never return. The hands of time cannot be turned back.

07-08-2007, 02:00 PM	#9 (permalink)
Jysin-DW Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Abroad... Posts: 405	Kaxmax is correct though. Network Admins can detect alot of the bypassing methods and a lot of companies (like mine) have an immediate termination policy. Is your job worth surfing a few restricted websites? __________________ Retired Guardian of Xanadu - EQ2 Retired Overlord of Darkwind - EQ1

07-07-2007, 08:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
prescient63 You can't blame women for what they do wrong in the same way that you can't blame a dog for what it does wrong. Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,420 -7 Internets	no clue, but you could just try a proxy. Works at my work. That is my personal one. It shouldn't be watched by filters.

07-07-2007, 10:11 AM	#5 (permalink)
Kaxmax Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,983 +0 Internets	A word of advice: be very careful when trying to get around filtering software. Most of the firms I've done work with lately have an immediate termination policy on anyone trying to circumvent proxy/filtering software, and most network teams scan for that sort of thing. Not saying this is necessarily the case where you work, but know that most places are really starting to crack down on network security.

07-07-2007, 10:37 AM	#6 (permalink)
Phelps McManus I'm dangerous! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Atlanta Posts: 853 -4 Internets	I use Remote Desktop (comes with Windows) to connect to my home computer and surf from there. It is an encrypted protocol and has some other handy features besides bypassing content blockers. The main disadvantage is bandwidth. I turned off animated gifs in firefox and use the flashblock addon, so avatars and ads don't slow me down. Posted screenshots are a pain as well. Otherwise, surfing forums is faster than if I do it on my work machine in an actual browser.

07-07-2007, 11:24 AM	#7 (permalink)
Gudrid Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 351 -1 Internets	List of 300+ proxy sites

07-08-2007, 08:08 PM	#10 (permalink)
prescient63 You can't blame women for what they do wrong in the same way that you can't blame a dog for what it does wrong. Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,420 -7 Internets	Could always just use logmein.com as an alternative to remote desktop. Works well and right through your browser. Plus no tunneling (that is actually pretty easy to detect).

07-09-2007, 12:22 AM	#11 (permalink)
Desidero Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 86 -1 Internets	A fun simple way that we used back in high school: Go into DOS and ping your site (i.e. google.com, whatever) Google's IP from my ping came up as 64.233.161.103 (AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD) Plug those numbers into this equation: (AAA * 256^3) + (BBB * 256^2) + (CCC * 256) + DDD The answer comes out to 1089053031. Enter http://1089053031/ in your browser. Google! If you needed to go to www.mywebsite.com/things/whatever.html, you'd just do http://xxxxxxxxxxx/things/whatever.html, where xxxxxxxxxx is the number for mywebsite.com It's not as elegant as all the fancy stuff mentioned before, but it does work.

07-09-2007, 07:57 PM	#14 (permalink)
Gudrid Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 351 -1 Internets	I understand how it works just fine. I work through a vpn with sonicwall filtered websites and was able to load blocked sites with no problem with that method. I'm not trying to be sneaky or anything, the network admin probably doesn't care anyhow since he blocked all gaming sites except WoW and plays on the "employee server." edit:nm found what i was looking for Last edited by Gudrid : 07-09-2007 at 08:26 PM.

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