On 06/04/2010, at 7:25 AM, Alan L Tyree wrote: > Maybe everyone in SLUG already knows how to do this, but I don't. Maybe > some kind slugger would write a very short tutorial and we could email > it to everyone that we know.
There's a dozen different ways, none too difficult to figure out (I have no doubt there's a plethora of sites around with instructions on how to see Facebook from behind corporate filters/whatnot). So many that I've seen, however, give no warning or even thought to the security implications of the methods involved. Realistically, people who wish to bypass the filter usually aren't going to want to pay money to do so; and the general principle for bypassing it is to use a remote system which (a) You can access (b) Is not affected by the filter to relay data on your behalf. The end result: people use whatever they can find for free. I haven't seen much argument to agree with me, but unfortunately I doubt most in the general public might realise the potential for abuse this holds if instructions circulate to the effect of "use some random proxy/vpn". Incase it isn't clear, anything you transmit/receive will be readable by the proxying machine. Whether the administrator of that machine will be reading your data is another question entirely, but the concern is that they can. Couple this with how they intend to produce revenue to support such a service (after all, hardware/power/bandwidth isn't free) and such a service becomes even more questionable. So remember kids, evade censorship responsibly. - Chris-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
