1337 Hacker wanted.

Marias · 08/21/2008 19:36:58

I'm currently away at a military academy, and as it turns out - I'm able to troll the forums no problem in my free time (which is a lot more than I would've expected). Unfortunately, I am unable to log onto MxO/Paypal/etc. They have some sort of preventative measure which sends me to the school's website whenever I try. To be honest, it's not THAT much of a concern - but I'd like the option to be available. Any ideas? I've tried a few proxies and they haven't seem to work thusfar.

I'd ask other places, but they're all blocked too.

ReProgrammed · 08/21/2008 19:56:53

lemme see if I fully understand the situation.

Your using the campus network?
It doesn't allow The MxO client to connect?
and it doesn't allow you to connect to the Paypal website?

GoDGiVeR · 08/21/2008 22:22:36

Unless you change the rules of the main firewall of the campus and / or the program that blocks the websites, gonna be difficult :S

Chemuel · 08/21/2008 22:32:10

Bayamos · 08/21/2008 22:35:30

Any idea what filtration system they're using? Websense, Resnet, Sentian, etc?

Neoteny · 08/21/2008 23:39:29

If you're at a military academy (i.e. the Naval Academy or Air Force Academy) I'd assume it's probably not a good idea to *edit* with Uncle Sam's network security.

Post edited. Reason Code 001: Bypassing language filter.

phi · 08/24/2008 20:43:02

There is a proxy server on the network. The only real way around it is to tunnel out of the firewall and give your NIC a fixed DNS server lookp that is external to the network.

Chances are they know what they're doing and have just locked it all down so that a port that isn't specifically mapped will jut forward the service to the block-page host.

You might be able to use fixed routes for non-port 80 services but it's a lot of work for getting expelled.