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From:  ibneko |
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March 22nd, 2006 09:58 pm (UTC)
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(eeee, the cute kitty icon~) In this case, these proxies "run" in your browser. So loading up one of them will bring you to a page that asks for a destination URL. Fill that in, and it'll load up the page you want, but masking information as necessary. For example, if work/whatnot blocks yahoo.com to keep you from checking your e-mail, you could go to, say, http://www.blockmy.info/, type in http://www.yahoo.com/ and log into your e-mail to check e-mail there. Now, this doesn't always work, 'cause stuff get's broken... I tried writing my own some years ago to get through the school blocking services, but it was only partially successful. (either livejournal or gmail remained broken, I forget which.) -- Sometimes, you'll get a proxy as: proxy.somewhere.net:8080 In that case, it's a proxy server, and that needs to be configured through your internet settings (eh, options of your browser, typically, under advanced options), and add the server (stuff before ":", proxy.somewhere.net in this case) and the port (after ":", 8080 in this case)... I used to run one of these too, but you have to connect to my computer via ssh (secure shell) first...... -- Essentially, the basic idea behind them is that instead of: Your computer -[some destination you're not supposed to go to]-> evil blocking network/firewall/gateway Your computer <-["HAH, you're not allowed to go there"]- evil blocking gateway it'd be more like; Your computer -[proxy[some destination you're not supposed to go to]]-> evil blocking network/firewall/gateway -> proxy -[some destination you're not supposed to go to]-> internet Your computer <-[requested data]- evil blocking gateway <- proxy <-[data]- internet
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