My school uses Barracuda Web Filter 3.0, and makes any sort of internet happiness quite impossible. I just got an https:// proxy to work, but it won’t load flash windows for browser-based games for some reason. However, I’ve been able to load these flash games when the web filter has gone down, or when I’ve been granted open internet for research. It would be much easier if I could just bypass barracuda entirely, but I don’t have the administrator name and password to do so. This same password is often needed to install new software, (like updating flash, which I believe could also be part of the game problem I’ve been having) or to open applications already on my mac, but ‘I don’t have permission to use’.
There’s four kids here who are good at either hacking or programming, but for various reasons they’ve all refused to help
Any useful suggestions?
How do I beat a Barracuda 3.0 web-filter when proxies arn’t adequate?
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April 3, 2010 at 12:51 pm
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ds
April 3, 2010 at 1:48 pm
Web filters get more sophisticated every day. They can scan and detect proxies as soon as you try to use them. The most advanced systems can block you within seconds. Others send a report to the admin and the block is done manually.
The name of the proxy, how new it is, whether it’s https or not does not matter. The proxy will be detected and blocked because it’s a proxy.
There is also considerable risk in using free proxies from unknown sources. Many of these free proxies are what are called hacker pots. They are there waiting for you to fall into their trap so they can steal your information and plant bots on your computer. Once a bot is planted the hacker has control of your machine and can steal credit cards, attack web sites and send out tons of spam all from your IP address.
Some of the free proxies are run by people out to make money. There is nothing wrong with that in principle. However the best case here is that you will get a proxy loaded with advertisements with no real speed to it. The amount of money the owner can make with advertising clicks is really only pennies. Many of these owners supplement their income by key logging everything you do and selling your personal information to advertising companies. Since you have no way to know what the owner is actually doing you need to assume the worst case is true.
Read some more about free proxy servers below:
http://www.personalvpn.org/danger_proxy_servers.htm
ds
April 3, 2010 at 2:14 pm
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