I tried this on our corporate network recently after reading about it and Websense blocked sites appropriately! :)
On 2/14/06, Hugh Gundersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's an idea for those of you on a network that blocks certain sites > (so long as Google is not one of them!) > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/h/4807 > > Ok, let's start from the beginning. We all know that Google is more than > a search engine; we do use it as provider for email, mapping, news and > many other services. Google is now also a free proxy service. Proxy is a > device that stands between a PC and the Internet, providing all the > connections to the world wide web. What a proxy does is to receive all > data from a requested site, so when you access web pages all data come > from proxy. > > What's the purpose for Google as a proxy? We often use > office/school/university connections, usually those services are set to > provide more safety, blocking the access to undesidered web sites (the > "black list"). What you can do now is use Google translator service > (language tools) as a proxy to bypass the restrictions set for our > connection! > > You just need to type the following URL: > > http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=en|en&u=www.forbiddensite.com > (www.forbiddensite.comstandsfor the URL you need to go to...) > > What you'll get is the translation (english to english!) of the page you > want to see... your connection is directed to a google.com page so this > page won't be blocked (would be blocked only with google.com on the black > list), no matter what's the content. > > Notice that the URL has been a little hacked because the parameter > "langpair"(1) is set to "en|en" (english/english) so the page is > processed by Google but you can keep the original language of the page > (no need to translate!). If you need another language (e.g. french) you > just need to set the parameter langpair to "fr|fr" and you'll be able to > read french pages in french! -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
