The Help Centers

I wrote a bit ago about unblocking websites when you are behind a firewall.  I had said that for the most part that you should probably just quit trying as there is a reason the people who run your network are blocking you.  Not a good one or one you may agree with but one none the less.  Now are there GOOD reasons to get around blocks such as this?  Yes.  Are they always effective? No. But the concepts are pretty sound.  While not a discussion of how to break the systems will show the strengths and weaknesses of each.  This should help a few parents and sys admins on securing their Internet access a little better.

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Since I do a LOT of support and browse a lot of help and answer sites I’ve come across a LOt of people asking the following questions.

• “How can I get to MySpace at school it’s blocked”
• “I can’t surf to this site at work is  there something I can do?”
• “My parents have blocked my internet can I fix it?”
• “I can’t send mail they have blocked me from sending”

Now I have a few ways to do this but I never really answer how to do this (except the last one for my clients).  Why? I’ve got several reasons. Continue Reading Getting around MySpace(or any other site) block from School/Work/Home