Re: Break the firewall
From: David Kinston (a_at_b.c)
Date: 09/23/05
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:29:12 +1000
Years ago (about 7) I inadvertently opened up my proxy
server to 'anyone' for just a few hours. Almost immediately
there were literally hundreds of people browsing the web
via my connection, 99% with IPs indicating users based in
the Persian Gulf region, esp Saudi Arabia.
The sites they were visiting were 90% porn and 10% political.
So yes, it apparently really IS that bad!
BTW you can imagine what the traffic did to my always-on
56K dialup connection :)
DK melbourne.au
"Vanguard (NPI)" <vanguard.code@comcastNIX.com> wrote in message
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"mess" <iftikharm_50001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> My ISP is putting firewall I can not connect any PC to Phone dialer and
> I can not open many sites on web. How to break?
>
"Putting firewall" WHERE? They actually came to your house, pointed a gun
at your head, knocked you out, or broke in while you were away to install
software on your computer?
Any PC to Phone Dialer? You mean ONE computer using its modem? Or are you
somehow sharing the modem, like through ICS?
"Can not open many sites". Well, that means you DO have Internet
connectivity since you can get to ANY web sites. If you got out to them,
you can get out.
Sounds more like somewhere upstream is censorware to restrict to where you
can browser. Talk to your parents or employer since you are using THEIR
resources over which THEY get to dictate how they are used. If you want
unrestricted access, get your own ISP and setup your own network and pay for
the privilege rather than complain about restrictions for what you are now
getting for free. If qtel.com.qa is the one censoring where you can
navigate, you'll have to find a different ISP. Even if you think of using
public proxies using SSL to hide to where you are browsing from your ISP,
their censorware probably already has those proxy domains listed as a "Proxy
Avoidance" domain and restrict you getting to them. If Qatar or other
government is forcing your local ISPs to censor your navigation and if there
is no way to reach a non-censored ISP, you're screwed by your government.
Maybe you can reach a satellite-based non-censored ISP. Could be you just
need to find a different local or regional ISP that doesn't censor in your
area.
Is oppression really that bad in Qatar? I suppose Shaykh Hamad bin Khalifa
ath-Thani (still the monarch over there?) wouldn't take graciously or
constructively any protests you make against his government's censorship,
especially since "much of Hamad's attention in his politics has been
military and security oriented"
(http://lexicorient.com/e.o/thani_hamad.htm). However, from the same site,
"Qatar is politically stable, has no democracy, but there is relatively good
freedom of speech." I guess relative is still too restrictive for you, or
maybe it's your employer, or perhaps your parents, um?
So just exactly what ARE those iffy web sites that you want to visit that
your ISP, employer, or parents command that thou shall not pass? Censorship
sucks but I know some parents that are aware that total freedom to navigate
anywhere by their kids also sucks, employers want their employees doing work
rather than downloading porn or wasting bandwidth with Internet music, and
some governments maintain control by throttling communications.
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