Borders/Staples Wireless Internet

[Gotsteve2006]

I'm currently at Borders, Using Their Free Wireless Internet, I Noticed that they block alot of sites, (Facebook, Myspace, ect)...and alot of proxy sites, Is there any program out there for mac that could allow me to bypass this or is there any way?

-Steve

 

[cwa107]

No, because you're going through their proxy. You would need to have their network admin lift the block.

 

[lifeafter2am]

No, because you're going through their proxy. You would need to have their network admin lift the block.

Not completely true. I used to use a SSH proxy to route all my connections through my home server which allowed me to bypass everything that my old company blocked. Not the most eloquent (or easiest) method, but it worked.

 

[cwa107]

Not completely true. I used to use a SSH proxy to route all my connections through my home server which allowed me to bypass everything that my old company blocked. Not the most eloquent (or easiest) method, but it worked.

Good luck if the proxy administrator has done their homework. There's no reason to allow SSH traffic if you don't want to.

 

[lifeafter2am]

Good luck if the proxy administrator has done their homework. There's no reason to allow SSH traffic if you don't want to.

Once again, not hard to beat. I used to have my SSH listening on port 443, totally legal port (for https traffic) and normal to have encrypted traffic across it.