How To Bypass 4j Firewalls

Figured people should know. There are a couple ways to accomplish this, I'll go from 'least complicated' to 'most complicated'.

1. Get a teacher's password and S/N.

Good luck with that. Rumor says there are some floating around. If you would like, you could message me and I could talk to... Rumor.

2. The https trick.

On sites that have logins (like facebook, for example), when you type in the url, change the
http://... to https://...

This won't work on all sites, but most site with logins (otherwise known as secure [the 's' in https] hypertext transfer protocol) should work.

3. Find a proxy site.

I put this one third because although in theory it's the easiest way, most of the proxy sites on school computers are blocked. I have yet to find one that isn't, but I'm sure there's one out there.

4. Use TOR/Vidalia.

TOR/Vidalia is a program that allows you to bypass any firewalls, pretty much anywhere.

The problem with TOR and Vidalia is that there is a portable version, but only for Windows.

That means that if you have a Windows laptop/desktop available at school and you have a flash drive with the portable version on it OR the installed version on the computer, you can run TOR and firefox to bypass all the proxies. The browsing speed will be somewhat slower, but it's worth it if you really need to get pass the firewalls.

If you are trying to use TOR on a mac, here's what I'd do.
a) Get a mac that is not school property and install Vidalia.
b) Install Vidalia on a school computer that DOES NOT have an admin password prompt when you install things. Hint hint: The laptops prompt you for a password, but just hit 'accept' with nothing in the password field and it will breeze you through anything you want to install. After using Vidalia, DELETE THE ENTIRE PROGRAM FOLDER FROM THE APPLICATIONS DIRECTORY.

5. Use a remote access site.

The last and most complicated way I am going to address in this is the remote access way.

There are a number of sites out there in the interwebs that allow you to remote access your home computer and surf the web through it, effectively bypassing any firewalls that are blocking your internet access. My personal favorite is LogMeIn, which only asks for a quick download on your home computer and the one that you are accessing your home computer from (e.g. the computer at school).

This option is another one that requires you to download something to the school computer, so I repeat that The laptops prompt you for a password, but just hit 'accept' with nothing in the password field and it will breeze you through anything you want to install. Some school computers are like that, some are not. Make sure to check. The whole walk through process is available on the site, so I'm not going to go into detail.


There you go. I'm sure there are other ways, if you hear about or know of others, feel free to contribute.

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