Silly School Filter

[londelen]

If your school is anything like MY school, they only block the web address, and not even https.change the url to https, which works for a few sites, but you can ping websites in command prompt to get their IP adress. you save a notepad document a certain way with the right words (I forget what they are) as a .bat I think, then open it, and it runs in command prompt and shows you the IP address. Copy and paste the IP into your address bar. This works for some sites.

However, neither of these work, for example, on Youtube.com. The HTTPs method takes you to google.com, as does the IP.

You could also just figure out a teacher or admin password and type it in when you need to get on a sight. Or figure out how to make your own school account an administrator, like we did.


EDIT: We don't have iboss, we're working with barracuda.

 

[The Austin]

So my school has taken it upon itself to block every non-education website using the iBoss filter. Sadly this conflicts with my overall school goals. Does anyone know how to get past iBoss?

www.Fullseek.info

You're welcome.

you wouldnt happen to know any other sites like this as my school block aka iprism blocks this one

...What? I cant really understand what your trying to say here? "My school block aka iprism"?

.....What?

If your trying to ask me if I know any more of the "bluecoat blocker" sites, than thats' the only one I know. Sorry.

 

[ZehGeek]

Lol at school filters. My friend was next to me IN ELEMENTERY SCHOOL and he typed in what he thought was ask.com. Turns out he hit "ass.com"

It was a pornsite and unblocked.

WTF THEY BLOCK GAMES BUT PORN IS FINE?!?!

Win.

I suffer the same problem, I can't help you.
Word of warning, the teachers can look at your screen from the main computer.
Also clear your history after each session, the teachers wont know what sites the students frequent often then.

Depends. If it was like my old tech teacher, who was a Mac lover, but lulzaly didn't know about the Time Machine function in Lepord, and lost half of her grade data for like 99% of her classes, then yea you'd probably have to worry about her watching. Supposively, there isn't any "monitoring" software for Windows like there was for the Mac side, but meh. Ksoanyway:
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Hmm. Well, the iBoss is hardware based from what I know, so can't be fooled that easily with a program. There's one place you could try:
http://proxy.org/
Probably would be better to make a list like at home and then try it at like the library or some place where you can access a computer without to much interupption. Most of the time, like stated, they block http, not https, so you'd wanna try those. Won't have flash or anything, but if it's just for Wikipedia, it'll all be good.

 

[Estocavio]

Just disable it - It isnt even remotely difficult, and if it does give you grief, disable the internet, then uninstall it from the Command Prompt, and block it with whatever firewall's installed.
Works every time.

 

[Lullabye]

happened to me at my school, but in the worst way possible. All the Library computers had a generic blocker installed, straight from the Catholic School board, and blocked anything related to games, violence and sex/nudity. Also, all videos. Period. And as an a result of to much time on their hands, the librarian s decided to go through and pick out which sites students frequent and block them all. Including the educational ones, if they weren't glaringly obvious. We had to start a petition to let Wiki be used again.
Ot; All I know is that if you want to get around the system, use a proxy server, which you can google.....unless they blocked that too.
Or, sometimes it was a simple matter of adding http:// in front of the address. How I got facebook working.

 

[p3t3r]

i believe if make it https in the url instead of just http then it works this takes a while though

 

[Proctorninja]

So my school has taken it upon itself to block every non-education website using the iBoss filter. Sadly this conflicts with my overall school goals. Does anyone know how to get past iBoss?

www.Fullseek.info

You're welcome.

you wouldnt happen to know any other sites like this as my school block aka iprism blocks this one

...What? I cant really understand what your trying to say here? "My school block aka iprism"?

.....What?

If your trying to ask me if I know any more of the "bluecoat blocker" sites, than thats' the only one I know. Sorry.

reading that me 2, damn my tiredness but anyways i just ment like the blocker at my school blockes and i wasnt sure if the different blocking programs mattered when it came to the sites

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

Lol at school filters. My friend was next to me IN ELEMENTERY SCHOOL and he typed in what he thought was ask.com. Turns out he hit "ass.com"

It was a pornsite and unblocked.

WTF THEY BLOCK GAMES BUT PORN IS FINE?!?!

I don't know, but that little anecdote made my day.

 

[Thaius]

Yeah, schools can get a bit zealous about that. I mean in an elementary school, and even jr. high, it could make sense (and I understand blocking porn and such in all levels of school). But in high school and from then on, it's just stupid. It often conflicts with schoolwork, and really, it is our responsibility at that point to take our education into our own hands. If we get an F on something 'cause we were on Facebook when we should have been paying attention or working on a project, it's our own fault.

 

[Ih8pkmn]

I've encountered one that won't let you use the word "Model" if your looking up cars(I.e Ford MODEL T) because it's classified as "fashion", and if you're looking up medival medicine, you're fucked there too becuase it classifies "Humors" as blocked. Seriously, who blocks humor? The crossbreed of Skeletor and Jack Thompson?

 

[The Austin]

So my school has taken it upon itself to block every non-education website using the iBoss filter. Sadly this conflicts with my overall school goals. Does anyone know how to get past iBoss?

www.Fullseek.info

You're welcome.

you wouldnt happen to know any other sites like this as my school block aka iprism blocks this one

...What? I cant really understand what your trying to say here? "My school block aka iprism"?

.....What?

If your trying to ask me if I know any more of the "bluecoat blocker" sites, than thats' the only one I know. Sorry.

reading that me 2, damn my tiredness but anyways i just ment like the blocker at my school blockes and i wasnt sure if the different blocking programs mattered when it came to the sites

Well, my school has "Bluecoat" and that site works for it, so I think it should work with yours.

 

[a stranger]

this has been happing in my entire school district for at least 10 years now, but for me i just use firefox and go to settings and put no proxy that works at my school don't konw about you though.

 

[Proctorninja]

So my school has taken it upon itself to block every non-education website using the iBoss filter. Sadly this conflicts with my overall school goals. Does anyone know how to get past iBoss?

www.Fullseek.info

You're welcome.

you wouldnt happen to know any other sites like this as my school block aka iprism blocks this one

...What? I cant really understand what your trying to say here? "My school block aka iprism"?

.....What?

If your trying to ask me if I know any more of the "bluecoat blocker" sites, than thats' the only one I know. Sorry.

reading that me 2, damn my tiredness but anyways i just ment like the blocker at my school blockes and i wasnt sure if the different blocking programs mattered when it came to the sites

Well, my school has "Bluecoat" and that site works for it, so I think it should work with yours.

i tried and sadly it didnt but thanks for the advice anyways

 

[Dys]

1. Put firefox/opera/chrome/whatever on to a usb (an installed copy, not the installer)
2. Open chosen browser on classroom computer
3. ?
4. Profit

 

[Scabadus]

Friends of mine at school used something they called a "HTTP Tunneler", unfortunatly I've got no idea what that is. All I know is that it let them get through the school's own proxy server (they TRIED to make us pay them before they gave us the server information. They didn't seem to realise that all both of the kids who bought it at full price could SEE the info and sold it to the other kids for 10p if they didn't just give it away) and through the website blocker to an extent that they could play MMORPGs through it, albiet very slowly.

 

[Tsunimo]

haha same thing and it sucks cause im doing a marketing fair for my marketing class and they have blocked gamestops website... i must now rely on Wikipedia

 

[Crystal Cuckoo]

And what are your school goals exactly? Seems to me someone wants to play flash games during class. Odds are that you have an unfiltered computer at home (as most school filters block this site), and prefer to waste time in class, judging by the vagueness of your wants.

You don't need a computer during school. You can take notes by hand, and school assignments can be done at home. Why not use the school library for resources? You'll find that the articles/books there are a great deal more reliable than that which you will find on the net.

If I'm coming off as a little jaded, it's because I'm in my final year at an Australian public school. For those who are tuned in to Kevin Rudd's school policies, you'll find that all Year 9s are given free netbooks to "work" with, though in reality all they do is play Solitaire and Minesweeper or cracked games during class time. Great investment in the future, eh Mr. Prime Minister?

 

[Not So Tuesday]

And what are your school goals exactly? Seems to me someone wants to play flash games during class. Odds are that you have an unfiltered computer at home (as most school filters block this site), and prefer to waste time in class, judging by the vagueness of your wants.

You don't need a computer during school. You can take notes by hand, and school assignments can be done at home. Why not use the school library for resources? You'll find that the articles/books there are a great deal more reliable than that which you will find on the net.

If I'm coming off as a little jaded, it's because I'm in my final year at an Australian public school. For those who are tuned in to Kevin Rudd's school policies, you'll find that all Year 9s are given free netbooks to "work" with, though in reality all they do is play Solitaire and Minesweeper or cracked games during class time. Great investment in the future, eh Mr. Prime Minister?

I go to school in the great (sarcasm) United States. I go to a private school where I am taught by a group of narcissistic, arrogant assholes who fancy themselves supreme rulers over all, and therefore believe that we, as students, are incapable of thought and need them to spell everything out for us. They block all websites except for approved "legitimate" websites.

This forces us to use radical conservatively biased websites that give us practically no valuable information and force us to spend hours on paper that could be accomplished in half an hour under normal circumstances. Pardon me if I appear as an arrogant little bastard, but I see a problem when I go to class and spend the entire time listening to a teacher rant about how Will Ferril is evil and polluting the minds of the world, but then go on to praise Glenn Beck for the rest of class. This was a period of Earth Science (true story). FML

/rant

 

[Irishhoodlum]

Stop trying to go on sites you aren't supposed to at school. Save them for when you are at home.

Failing that, find a good proxy site and stick with it until your school catches on. Then find another one and repeat the process until school is over.

They fucking blocked wikipedia! Im not trying to look at pr0nz at school, I merely need to be able to do school related projects without having to spend half an hour trying to find school approved sites.

To be fair, Wikipedia isn't really a site you want to be including in your reference list. At my school, they dock you a mark for having it there.

Wikipedia is one of the more credible sites on the internet (not to mention that it's possibly the easiest to navigate). You'd be surprised at the bullshit you find elsewhere.

OT Proxies are pretty easy to find; easier if you're willing to download programs. Are you talking school computers in libraries or personal rented laptops (since it's a private school)?

I go to a fairly liberal Highschool though so maybe it's more secure than I think but considering how stupid they sound it probably isn't.

 

[Marter]

Wikipedia is one of the more credible sites on the internet (not to mention that it's possibly the easiest to navigate). You'd be surprised at the bullshit you find elsewhere.

It doesn't matter how credible it is if you still get a mark taken off for citing it.