darn, been fire-walled!

[Liadan]

Probably not the best part of the forum to post this, but

The school has fire-walled me out of anything that is not web-browser accessed. Which means:

No IRC

No PS

No apple mail.

Why? Because apparently the school's domain (@ cmu.ca) has joined the ranks of the annoying (read: spammer) and has been blacklisted by the IPs in the area.  In an attempt to reticfy this, they have been using scientific method to deduce (read: trial and error) what works and what doesn't.   

So i have the internet (for now) just ...can't...play... PS.

* Liadan looks dejected and wanders off to do homework.

EDIT: And no MSN messenger..., and no yahoo...and no....wait... even jabber.

[Raa]

College school or high school or middle school (rofl)?

[Tuxide]

College school or high school or middle school (rofl)?

I would think college considering her age and major.

I remembered back when my college was like that and I just tunneled out of the building through my own box on campus to get around the IRC blocking rules.  There is always a way.

[Liadan]

College school or high school or middle school (rofl)?

University. you didn't mention that. 

College school or high school or middle school (rofl)?

I would think college considering her age and major.

I remembered back when my college was like that and I just tunneled out of the building through my own box on campus to get around the IRC blocking rules.  There is always a way.

Oh, I know there's always a way, but I lack the technical know how to do so. I guess the next i'll be seeing any of you will be after december 15...and only for two weeks.

[Waylander]

http://ircatwork.com/

Have you tried that?

irc.freenode.net:6667

#planeshift

Hope it helps

[LigH]

Did they introduce a proxy? That would be the easiest way to restrict almost everything... Easy to spot in the browser settings.

[Sen]

Hello,

some words to the technical way. 

To warn beforehand, you need a linux (*nix?) machine where you sit and another 'outside' that you can access remotely via ssh.
I found this some time ago. It is written for DNS and not for planeshift, but when I tested it for a few minutes it worked... uhm.. in general 
http://zarb.org/~gc/html/udp-in-ssh-tunneling.html (*hopes that links to outside aren't against rules*)

Do it at your own risk - firewall rules have their meaning and shouldn't be bypassed.

Sen

[Liadan]

Did they introduce a proxy? That would be the easiest way to restrict almost everything... Easy to spot in the browser settings.

wish i knew....

Hello,

some words to the technical way. 

To warn beforehand, you need a linux (*nix?) machine where you sit and another 'outside' that you can access remotely via ssh.
I found this some time ago. It is written for DNS and not for planeshift, but when I tested it for a few minutes it worked... uhm.. in general 
http://zarb.org/~gc/html/udp-in-ssh-tunneling.html (*hopes that links to outside aren't against rules*)

Do it at your own risk - firewall rules have their meaning and shouldn't be bypassed.

Sen

I'm using a mac...and apparently I've talked to a few people and they were able to use MSN last night, but I'm pretty sure they were using a windows machine...not sure if that makes a difference in terms of usability or not.  Would it?