Archive for April 29th, 2009

Easy-level filter bypass: Web Proxies

Posted by Aaron in Filter Circumvention, Internet censorship on 29 April, 2009

This is by far the easiest way to bypass any filter, though many filters at workplaces, schools, etc. will attempt to block them. The Australian government’s filter, at the present time, will not attempt to block any circumvention techniques.

To do this, all you need is a web-browser such as Internet Explorer (this I do not recommend), Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, or Safari

  1. Head to http://www.google.com
  2. Type in “Web Proxy”
  3. Click on one of the links, such as http://anonymouse.org/anonwww.html
  4. If the site is blocked, return to the Google search and try another link
  5. Enter the URL of any blocked site (into the “website address” box, obviously) and hit Enter
  6. Browse unfiltered

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ALL ISP-level filtering is opt out. Methods to follow

Posted by Aaron in Filter Circumvention, Internet censorship on 29 April, 2009

The Australian government’s plan to censor the internet is now opt-out. That’s right. Well, it’s still mandatory for ISPs to implement for all customers (as far as I know. Conroy might change his mind. Again) but since bypassing it will be trivial, as I will discuss in future posts, it is effectively opt-out for anyone who doesn’t want it.

I will rank the difficulty of these bypass methods as easy, moderate, or technical. Easy methods will be easy for even an Internet newbie who doesn’t know a URL from a URI. Moderate should be able to be done with anyone who knows how to install software on their PC. Technical-level methods will require knowledge of unix and windows command lines and remote access to a server in a non-filtered country.

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