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Jacob Neal [submacrolize at gmail.com]
Hey...I want to access restricted sites from behind my schools firewall. Both the computers there and my home computer use linux. I might not be able to install software on the school computer. What can I do?
Thomas Adam [thomas.adam22 at gmail.com]
2009/1/26 Jacob Neal <submacrolize@gmail.com>:
> Hey...I want to access restricted sites from behind my schools firewall. > Both the computers there and my home computer use linux. I might not be able > to install software on the school computer. What can I do?
Take an apple to your teacher and ask nicely?
-- Thomas Adam
Rick Moen [rick at linuxmafia.com]
Quoting Jacob Neal (submacrolize@gmail.com):
> Hey...I want to access restricted sites from behind my schools firewall. > Both the computers there and my home computer use linux. I might not be able > to install software on the school computer. What can I do?
1. Volunteer to administer the school's network.
2. Look up the phrase "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
If nothing else, all of this will help towards mastering the art of satire, which I've found gives great satisfaction in life.
-- Cheers, Crypto lets someone say "Hi! I absolutely definitely have Rick Moen a name somewhat like the name of a large familiar rick@linuxmafia.com organization, and I'd like to steal your data!" and lots McQ! (4x80) of users will say "OK, fine, whatever." -- John Levine
Thomas Adam [thomas.adam22 at gmail.com]
2009/1/26 Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com>:
> 1. Volunteer to administer the school's network. > > 2. Look up the phrase "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
Surely 2., is only applicable if 1. becomes true for him? 
-- Thomas Adam "Who had Quis custodiet ipsos custodes as his .sig for a long time"
Rick Moen [rick at linuxmafia.com]
Quoting Thomas Adam (thomas.adam22@gmail.com):
> 2009/1/26 Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com>: > > 1. Volunteer to administer the school's network. > > > > 2. Look up the phrase "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" > > Surely 2., is only applicable if 1. becomes true for him?
The #2 item was in part incentive for item #1.
("Who is Number One?" "That would be telling.")
-- Cheers, Crypto lets someone say "Hi! I absolutely definitely have Rick Moen a name somewhat like the name of a large familiar rick@linuxmafia.com organization, and I'd like to steal your data!" and lots McQ! (4x80) of users will say "OK, fine, whatever." -- John Levine
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 05:22:08PM -0500, Jacob Neal wrote:
> Hey...I want to access restricted sites from behind my schools firewall. > Both the computers there and my home computer use linux. I might not be > able to install software on the school computer. What can I do?
1) Give up on accessing restricted sites from behind my schools firewall. This would probably be the smartest approach, given that being caught is clearly against your school's policy.
2) Assuming that you have 'ssh' installed, you can SSH out to an "outside" machine and surf all you want from there, or you can run Firefox (or whatever) on that remote machine and export the display to your "inside" host. Conversely, you can set up a reverse firewall piercer (a.k.a. an SSH tunnel) - the technique has been described in LG and elsewhere.
http://linuxgazette.net/issue70/tag/3.html
3) If you don't have 'ssh' installed, you can try running MindTerm via your browser (search the Web.) You can do most of the above via MindTerm, although it's a bit more clunky.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:14:40PM -0500, Benjamin Okopnik wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 05:22:08PM -0500, Jacob Neal wrote: > > Hey...I want to access restricted sites from behind my schools firewall. > > Both the computers there and my home computer use linux. I might not be > > able to install software on the school computer. What can I do? > > 1) Give up on accessing restricted sites from behind my schools firewall.
Erm, that's "behind your school's firewall." If you were behind my
school's firewall, I'd institute measures so draconian and fearsome
that you wouldn't even have dared to ask.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *