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underground » firefox » « : ‹ : [1] : › : »  firefox damn it, my school district just blocked firefox from connecting to the internet. im currently looking for a bypass, but so far no luck. posted by kryptn :: 2006-04-24 08:53:49  just use a proxy posted by wildrj :: 2006-04-24 16:25:27  yeah a proxy is probably your best bet. if too many are blocked you can always set up your own. posted by D34d Gn4t :: 2006-04-25 17:30:30 i think they blocked firefox from connecting to the internet period. posted by kryptn :: 2006-04-25 17:37:15 just use the prxoy site posted by wildrj :: 2006-04-25 17:52:54  My school is pretty bad. They block off everything like access to the clock, desktop properties, and the run command. I would give that proxy a try but I'm almost done school so it would just be a waste of time. posted by h3xlas3r :: 2006-04-26 23:31:23 proxies are quite effective, I use them here at my school... boredatschool.net and snoopblocker are a few favorites posted by d31m05 :: 2006-04-28 18:22:49 heh, gotta try opera at my school. posted by kryptn :: 2006-04-28 19:41:05 Proxys sure sound good. About the boredatschool.net, is that all we need? I mean what’s the disadvantage of using a downloaded proxy’s then using the one on that site? As you can see I'm new to proxy’s but I do know what they do. Can't find a good proxy to download :( but maybe that site is all I need. posted by h3xlas3r :: 2006-04-29 02:50:06  most popular proxies are blocked by popular filtering systems. with the link i gave, you can throw one up on any server w/ php. in other words, if they block one, throw another up. you can also find cgi ones, or other languages. or rather than installing them yourself you can surf google for other sites that use the same scripts. quite useful. there are more than just web-based proxies, you can usually set a proxy through your browser settings as well (by ip). they can't possibly block them all. unless they use the whitelist approach. but depending what they white list even that can be iffy (using a search engines cache for example). posted by worm :: 2006-04-29 06:11:59 one idea I read off 2600, it suggested to download firefox onto a thumb drive and run it off that. I haven't tried it myself - but it's worth trying. posted by mashi :: 2006-07-04 10:34:27  proxies!? wtf!? If firefox can't connect, but IE will (as I understand the situation), proxies and running firefox off a USB won't do anything. posted by techmonkey :: 2006-07-04 11:26:43 woah. i never thought of that. must try next school year. posted by kryptn :: 2006-07-05 02:12:33  hmmm. sounds like ur school has a proxy blocking internet from certain apps. try going into IE goto TOOLS->SETTINGS->CONNECTIONS->LAN SETTINGS->Write down the proxy (if one is present) then goto Firefox->OPTIONS->CONNECTION SETTINGS-> Then type the proxy in the space provided and tell it to use the proxy... that simple posted by Tw1st3d_wh1sp3rs :: 2006-11-03 22:58:55 Proxy servers aren't typically used in that fashion. Sure, theoretically, you could configure a firewall to not allow anyone to send http requests unless the request is coming from some proxy server, but that's a really easily bypassed, expensive, and roundabout way of doing things. posted by techmonkey :: 2006-11-03 23:36:29 I know to do this because that is what my school did, and when they gave me the password for the wireless internet, they told me how to setup firefox with the schools proxy settings. posted by Tw1st3d_wh1sp3rs :: 2006-11-05 16:30:44 ok its pointless now. they got new linux servers, installed a commercial internet filter, and i cant get through it. i did figure out how to bypass the filter, and how to connect, but since the new server, i cant. posted by kryptn :: 2006-11-05 17:33:29 lol i told kryptn how dumb me school is so he can try that approch.and linux servers can be easily changed google it. posted by wildrj :: 2006-11-05 20:49:15  Portable Firefox installs on a USB thumb drive. posted by Oyle :: 2007-03-21 11:53:13  Usually that's not going to make a difference, Oyle. Chances are they didn't just block firefox... I'm guessing they blocked all foreign connectors, like they do at my school. I couldn't even get my Java IDE API Web Browser thing to connect, so I had to do a screen recording for part of the final exam presentation. posted by bl4ckprint :: 2007-03-21 16:40:51 thats what i use as my default browser. anywhere. as of now, my school will search every part of any flash drive if they feel like the student even has evidence of firefox on it. if said evidence is found, the drive is confiscated, parents are notified, and the student is denied all access to any school computer/laptop. after that first-line threat, they're filtering browser headers when they access the school router. anything even hinting of firefox and it's blocked. opera seems to work though. the commercial linux router i referred to earlier is actually from http://8e6.com; but is rarely turned on because they havent completely configured it to work properly with our network. almost no possible route through the server to the internet without any content being monitored anymore. my hacking history project was extremely hard to do because of this. if your school is doing something like this, try using this extension in firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/59/ its the user agent switcher.. it masks your browser header. posted by kryptn :: 2007-03-21 23:55:11  yeah, my school is pretty bad too, they have blocked so many things, but if you look hard enouch, i've found ways around it. try what i tried, i got a firefox portable, and that might work for your situation...not sure though. the site to get it at is portableapps.com i think, i'll have to check. posted by shadow :: 2007-03-22 08:55:06 « : ‹ : [1] : › : » |