I know that people should do their best in school, and that there's a reason for all the blocks and censorship online, but sometimes I finish early and want to play a game or two. I like to listen to music while i do my math. so I've spent awhile trying to get past the filters, but I'm still unsuccessful. Here's what I've found, maybe someone can help?:
My school, as of last year, is running 8e6
Pinging does not work, as is to be expected, and while I can ping a website, I canot get a response.
As usual, all typical proxies are blocked
8e6 recognizes proxy behavior, so none of the proxies I setup will work
there appears to be some sort of keyword blocker in addition to this thing's massive blacklist
I tried using a webtop, but the forbidden websites are still blocked
the task manager is disabled and attempting to launch it from the command prompt doesn't work, can anyone suggest a utility I can run off a USB drive?
all other typical areas such as the control panel, run, cmd, etc. are disabled, and yes I realize that command.com works
tor cannot connect
any site that you do get to will be blocked within about 48 hours
gpass, ultrasurf, and freegate could not connect
unauthorized sites containing https:\\ are unable to load
that about covers it. if someone could suggest a client that's compatible with remote desktop, it may work. i don't want to use peacefire's circumventor because videos do not load properly with cgi-scripts.
im going to try putty tomorrow, but i don't know what ports are open. all i want to do is kill some free time, is that such a problem? if anyone can help, i'd really appreciate it.
You do realize, right, that this is hacking?
The unauthorized use of someone else's network, or the attempt to do so...
It is against both the law and Frihost rules.
no, hacking is not illegal. ever heard of a jail broken iPhone? using undocumented sdk libraries?
more importantly, I've read our student handbook, and while it's considered against policy based on precedent, there is no actual clause that strictly prohibits the evasion of the school internet filter. The one area that it may be under is
vandalism
6.1. Vandalism is defined as any MALICIOUS attempt to modify, damage or destroy data, software, operating systems, or equipment, or intentionally disrupt the system.
It looks lousy, but as a malicious attempt is required, i think i'm within my boundaries. besides, there is one thing that makes this, imho a gray area.
Security
4.1. ...If you feel you can identify a problem on the network, you must notify a system administrator, technician, lab assistant, or your teacher...
How can one possibly discover an issue without investigating? Once i've had my fun I'm perfectly happy to report. you're obviously not a coder/programmer/designer, so maybe to you i seem like a babbling script-kiddy. But to those who are creative people who code, then they can understand the satisfaction of breaking down tech barriers. but i digress.
Much of the filter incidents are related to the following clause:
Network resources
5.4. The district will filter web sites that contain obscene material, advocate violence and other illegal acts, interfere with the educational objectives of the school, or make excessive demands on network resources
Let me first point out that while they mention "educational objectives" numerous times, I can't find where it actually states what those objectives are.
Moving on, I'm a Christian, specifically a Methodist. I have no wish to seek out obscene material. Youtube contains lots of questionable content and plenty of videos with swearing, often on partner videos and it's allowed, whereas sites like viddler.com, which are almost completely clean, are blocked. My music, stored on sites such as adrive, windows live skydrive, and accessed via winamp remote, does not in any way advocate violence. Okay, so maybe Pennywise is a bit strong, but if they can play "Soilja boy" at dances and play songs with the f word barely concealed at sports events, I think I can listen to "as long as we can" privately while doing math.
in addition, mp3s do not place much of a tole on their 10mbps network that some random students can access hulu with. you wanna call someone on excessive use? Blame the students and TEACHERS who stream media across the network, not my 5meg songs, or 15 meg videos.
last, but not necessarily least, I am harming no one. music (as has been proven) helps people (like me) study, and drowning out the ambient noise of school helps. i see no harm in this. if it's a crime, who's the victim? the school? I already explained my comparatively low bandwidth usage. the other students? they all have iPods and some people ( protection is faulty and random) are home free. I could complain about them, but im not a mean person. and I could ask for permission to use youtube, but sys admins don't care. I'm just looking for a little fun, nirvana, and freedom.
Now that I have (mostly) cleared up the legalities, can somebody help me?
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Sorry to just barge in here, but you guys are getting way off topic to the thread starters question.
He just wants his question answered, I really do doubt he wants to sit here and discuss whether it is legal or not. He has already made his decision that it is somewhat "legal" so let him be. If he gets in trouble, then he gets in trouble.
If the staff truly thinks this is inappropriate, then let them close it. But I highly doubt Frihost will have any legal issues if the kid even gets in trouble, and even points a finger. They have much better things to do.
Lets let the staff decide whether to close it or not, and I think staying on topic to the original post would be more respectful to the thread starter.
-locked- before OPs actual query is addressed in any way.
If your network has certain limitations (and there must be reasons for them) - you must not access resources beyond there limits - that's the "law", by definition.
If you have a legitimate purpose for needing access to something beyond these limits - there are probably ways to get such privileges with due process.
If you bypass these limitations in the way that you propose - you are indeed breaking the "law".
In any case, please discuss it somewhere outside of FRIHost. (I'm pretty sure you'll manage to find other places better suited for such discussion).
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