unblock gmail

[John Mark Walker]

Didn't someone get expelled for just this sort of activity? Seems like
I read it on /. so it must be true!

-JM


On 11/20/06, drew einhorn <drew.einhorn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Run your encrypted tunnel on a port they don't block, say port 80.
> If they block port 80 nobody will be able to browse the web.
> But they could defeat that with a proxy server.  I'm sure there's
> a port they don't block, with enough traffic to hide in.
>
> How hard are you willing to work at it?
>
> And how much heat are you willing to take if they discover
> you've been sneaking past their firewall?
>
> It's not easy.  You would learn a lot.  But it's probably far more
> trouble and risk than it's worth.
>
> On 11/20/06, Andy <stude.list at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On 20/11/06, Wade Smart <wade at wadesmart.com> wrote:
> > > 11202006 1740 gmt-6
> > > They are probably blocking ports. I dont know if you can get around
> > > that.
> > Or maybe _they_ read the manual!
> >
> > According to google to block google chat you just disable DNS for
> > chatenabled.mail.google.com by making it return 127.0.0.1 [0]
> >
> > ways around it?
> > VPN or run Gmail on a remote machine and use SSH with X forwarding maybe?
> >
> > However it is likely your admin has probably blocked all those types
> > of techniques as well.
> >
> > What OS are you using at school? Linux is likely to be more likely to
> > work as on Linux you don't need to block software like you do on
> > windows because applications can only do what you can do anyway
> >
> > Does your school run Ubuntu?
> >
> > - Andy
> >
> >
> > [0] https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=34330&topic=8406
> >
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