Public internet access and blocked services.

Our public library has blocked every single web service other than HTTP. I've tried to RDP, VPN, and SSH to a home computer, but nothing seems to work. Does anyone have any idea how I can get around this?

 

www.blockednomore.com

 

I don't need to browse. I need access to FTP, POP3, and RDP.

 

way over my head.. just do yahoo ask? ask the same question you asked here sometimes it works. thats what I did

 

Most likely you can do nothing about this. Last year my university blocked all but "normal" HTTP traffic on their wireless networks simply to protect themselves from the RIAA and MPAA. They did it so that students could not go on and download any illegal music or movies off file sharing networks or hack other computers and then have IP addresses traced back to the university. How do they know that you just want to link up with your home computer and aren't trying to hack someone and are using the anonymity of public internet access to hide? These are the kinda things they have to protect themselves from. Most likely your library has done the same thing as my university to protect themselves, and once it is blocked from the inside there isn't much if anything you as a end user can do. However IMHO the FTP block is a bit too much as some web addresses require FTP...

 

I figure just as much but had to ask anyway. It's only on rare occasions I go to public libraries to esacpe the heatwaves during the summer months.

Evo: I understand the reasoning behind their policies. Its a good thing too, otherwise all the networks would be closed up.

Playmaker: Thanks for the link, may come in handy one of these days.

 

You could always try a HTTP tunnel. Although that would probably be illegal and all.

 

:laugh:
I just tried that website and my work blocks that too..........