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How To Get Around To Those Blocked Websites

Thu, Aug 23, 2007

Tech for Life

Does your workplace or college block some of your favorite websites? We have seen various hacks in the past from setting up a tunnel session to your home computer to going to proxies.

Now, you can just go to one of these following web sites to access those sites.

  • Kwiq.net, Zelj.com, Qloy.com

They all essentially do the same - unblock blocked websites. You can also use these sites if for some reasons, I don’t want to know about, you would like your IP address be not traced.

PHProxy - Anonymizing Web HTTP Proxy

After looking under the hood of these sites, I found that they are all just using a Open Source Web HTTP Proxy called PHProxy. You can run this from any server, for instance your blog host. Your hosting server would act as a medium between you and the websites you are getting to. The ip address of your host will be recorded at the sites you visit. Of course the server running PHProxy should have access to the blocked sites.

Download PHProxy

Use your Home Computer to Unblock Sites

If you’d like you can in fact run a web server in your home computer and install PHProxy on there. You can use a solution like DynDNS which gives you a easy to remember name from one of their free domains which can be mapped to your home computer IP address.

You are probably thinking how would this work if I don’t have a static IP as would most of the Cable or DSL customers. You can use a utility to keep your home computer IP synced with DynDNS service.

Now, you can use your home computer to unblock these sites.

Should you unblock websites?

A website is probably blocked by a workplace or university for a good reason and it might cost you to get around it. For example, porn sites or gambling sites. Stay away from them while at work. What you do elsewhere is nobody’s business.

But, we hear about some Corporate or University rules that block legitimate sites for unfathomable reasons only known to the webmaster or the policy maker. For such instances, here is an easy way to regain your power!

I might just install this script in ShanKri-la and provide this service to our readers. Watch out for that..

If you have stories about legitimate websites being blocked, let’s hear it.

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68 Comments For This Post

  1. 1
    Tish Says:

    Hi, K! There’s an award waiting for you on my blog! :)

  2. 2
    K-IntheHouse Says:

    Wow.. I am honored Tish! Thanks for the award. :-)

  3. 3
    Vaibhav Says:

    nice stuff, But none of the above stated 3 sites were able to get through my college security, i was not able to open orkut.com, so any other solution??

  4. 4
    K-IntheHouse Says:

    Vaibhav, maybe you could try one of the methods listed in this post. Let me know if one of those worked.

    http://www.clazh.com/unblock-blocked-websites-like-myspace-bebo-and-orkut/

    Thanks for taking the time to comment.

  5. 5
    eches Says:

    I always use ninjaproxy[dot]com and there are many more outside there :)

  6. 6
    K-IntheHouse Says:

    You are right, eches! Until I learnt about PHProxy I didn’t think they were all the same under the hood. Now, I understand how it all works. :-)

  7. 7
    Stephen Cronin Says:

    K, Living in China I know all about this, as many sites are blocked here. Until recently wikipedia, wordpress.com, blogger and many others were blocked (these are now allowed, but there are still many that are blocked).

    I used to use http://www.anonymouse.org to get around this (not sure if they use PHPProxy), but recently I’ve been using the TOR anonymity network. Firefox extensions such as Torbutton and FoxyProxy let you switch between your normal connection and the TOR proxy connection as you need it.

    TOR’s a bit slow and you have install it, so it may not be a good option for work or college, but it can do things the anonymous proxy websites can’t (like let me log into wordpress.com).

    Having said all that, I am going to have to look into PHPProxy - sticking it on my blog’s server should be faster than any of the other services. Thanks for the great tip!

  8. 8
    K-IntheHouse Says:

    You are right about TORs.. they give you extra functions but slower than a proxy.

    Let me know when you have it installed.. I could add your proxy page to my reference tab and send some traffic your way. That is if you want to.. :-)

  9. 9
    monster Says:

    i need to open orkut to meet wid my friends i dont use orkut for anything bad please help me ktnx

  10. 10
    gen Says:

    how do u get on bebo when the site is blocked from the computer

  11. 11
    K-IntheHouse Says:

    Hi gen, I am not sure if I understand your question right. Is bebo blocked from your computer? Do you maybe mean your parents blocked bebo? Sorry if I inferred your question wrong.

  12. 12
    mateah Says:

    i need to get on it but evey proxy is blocked i have tied most things how do i get around them?????

  13. 13
    K-IntheHouse Says:

    Sorry, Mateah! My solutions in this topic are limited to these proxy sites. Good luck unblocking! Between who is blocking MySpace anyways? Is it at work?

  14. 14
    bull Says:

    hey im trying to get to myspace threw a school computer and every proxy is blocked, and those 3 sites are blocked wat else should i try?

  15. 15
    kayla Says:

    :twisted: HEY I AM TRYING TO GET ON TO MYSPACE AT SCHOOL BUT THEY BLOCKED ALL THE SITES THAT I KNOW ABOUT!!! DO YOU KNOW ANY SITES THERE ARE TO GET ON TO A BLOCKED SITE THAT DOES NOT USE THE WORD PROXY IN IT THANXZ!!!!!!!!

  16. 16
    K Says:

    Kayla, sorry I can’t help you there! Looks like your school is a step ahead of us in blocking even the proxies. As I mentioned in the post, the proxy could be run from any web server and it would impossible to block all! Good luck finding one that works.

  17. 17
    Myspace Ninja Vtunnel Proxy Says:

    for working so much now i got this proxy sites i hope they will work on your school.

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  18. 18
    Jaydon Says:

    Hey im at school on our second last day of grade 11 and we are bored. we want to play games but can’t find any wbsites with descent games that aret blocked can you help?

  19. 19
    Luke Says:

    i ewant to get on this website at school but can’t how do i get around it :twisted: help me plz i need to get on it

  20. 20
    Luke Says:

    how do i get on piczo then :evil:

  21. 21
    K Says:

    Jaydon, Luke.. didn’t any of the above work for you? If you searched for phproxy, there are many sites hosting it and the chances are not all of them could be blocked! Did you give the VTunnel proxy mentioned in Comment #17?

  22. 22
    Stephen Cronin Says:

    K, You must be regretting this post! You gave everyone the information they need, but you still get the basic “please help me” comments.

    Come on guys! Read the post (and the other comments). There are several proxy servers listed that should help - if they don’t, google “anonymous proxy server” or try K’s suggestion of setting up your own. I don’t mean to flame anyone, but I’m sure you can work it out based on the above information.

  23. 23
    K-IntheHouse Says:

    Stephen.. thanks for the support! :smile: I don’t mind them as most of these comments are from Google search engine traffic. Not my regular readers. Sometimes I have the patience to respond sometimes I just ignore them. In fact, I approve some of these and not delete them because they think my comment section is broken and try multiple times.. :-)

    And as we can see they are looking for a quick answer and don’t spend the time reading through a post or comments. I must rank highly in Google for some of these keywords.. :-)

  24. 24
    Belen v Says:

    :sad:

  25. 25
    davonta Says:

    can u tell me how to get on bebo at school

  26. 26
    davonta Says:

    :neutral: :neutral: :?: tell me please how to get on it that will be ur christimas present 2 me

  27. 27
    Matt Ellsworth Says:

    you can always run one of those sites yourself as well.

  28. 28
    K Says:

    davonta.. I’m not sure how else you can do that if the above doesn’t work! Sorry.. :shock:

    Matt.. yep. I considered doing that but this post and the response it has gotten convinced me otherwise! :wink:

  29. 29
    Candis Says:

    :evil: Heath end has blocked EVERYTHIN!!! its so enoyin !!

    all i wanna do is ceck mi mail from bebo now and then …but i cant :evil:

  30. 30
    Gertrude Says:

    I like 3.14

    and non of those proxys work for me.
    >.< Get some more.

  31. 31
    xpsave Says:

    There will always be new proxies to use. You can even create some personal ones for your own use. Costs near to nothing to get some cheap hosting

  32. 32
    kat livington Says:

    my school has blocked everything!! :evil: i need something extroydanary
    i need my space!!

  33. 33
    Brooklyn Says:

    yeah. our school just got a new server. they blocked all of the proxy sites so we cant get to the proxy sites to get around the server to go on sites we want to. does anyone know how to unblock a proxy site??

  34. 34
    Sophie Says:

    :twisted: i really need bebo my school has blocked very thing no jokes every thing , please help me and my friends xxxxx love yhoo xxxx :roll:

  35. 35
    Heather Says:

    :cry: UGHH i need to get on myspace. can anyone please give me some proxy websites or something please its urgent!!! :neutral:

  36. 36
    zakkhalo18 Says:

    :evil: I know away around the block’s but the school blocked it.

  37. 37
    angie Says:

    how do u get to myspace
    with blocked wesite

  38. 38
    Al Says:

    I am trying to watch episodes online from the bbc website but because I am not in the UK it says it is not available in my area. How can I get around this? Thanks.

  39. 39
    Luke Says:

    none of this stuff works on this school computer

  40. 40
    AJ Says:

    hey i need to get on my myspace and i tried every website..in dis page and none of dis work!!!! can u really please get a website dat can block dat crap form skool…..

  41. 41
    ~ashley~ Says:

    Hey guys i need to find another way to get into myspace at my school because all the tunnels i know dont work !!! :( So please help me and tell me a way !!! thankx

  42. 42
    tom@cc review Says:

    Ufortunately in my case phpproxy hasn’t helped me, what are other ways to unblock websites ?

  43. 43
    Jay.J Says:

    just like stop trying to get on myspace!
    get on at home, or a sidekickkkk! jesus

  44. 44
    FACEBOOK ADDICT Says:

    GO ON CRADLE JUMP IT IS VERY VERY GOOD BUT ITS JUST SLOOW JUST WENT ON FACEBOOK AT SCHOOL!

  45. 45
    Baylie Says:

    Does anyone know how to get around the blocks at the schools?
    because my school leven blocked neopets, gay right?

  46. 46
    misti Says:

    okay so at my school they have blocked proxies and anonymizers. and almost anything i try is an anonymizer. so when i search up how to get into myspace at school on google.. half the sites i cant get into.. because of blocked anonymizers, proxies, person pages, EVERYTHiNG!. somebody help me out..!!/?

  47. 47
    joseph Says:

    A lot of people ask me everyday for proxy site unblockers. Here is a link I give them that lists daily proxy unblockers. http://www.GenXYZ.net/u

  48. 48
    sm Says:

    Is it really difficult to unblock ISP blocked site? Who can solve this? Is anyone there to solve this problem? Reply me as soon as possible. Thanks everyone.

  49. 49
    ashley Says:

    How do i put those things in my blog?? im at work and their system is sooo secure! they use iprimus or somthing. and non of the above worked..

  50. 50
    kevin@Cheapest dsl Says:

    Great post. I think most schools and companies will be blocking almost all proxies soon. I can see blocking some sites but not alot of them. I know why they block sites at work and i have no problem with that but at school some sites should not be blocked.

  51. 51
    kouji@haiku poems examples Says:

    i understand why a university would block access to porn and video sites, for example. but i find it strange to find what i would think are actually pretty educational sites or useful ones, blocked by the school network. weird actually.

    koujis last blog post..haiku poem: war (doctrine)

  52. 52
    JessieNclM Says:

    So, yeah, your average teenager
    addicted to myspace and being grounded
    parents restric time on the computer.
    and at school, i try and use pretty unblocker.info, like i did at c.e.l
    and it doesnt work.
    where could i find proxy errors that ACTUALLY WORK?

    Thankies xoxo -Jessie<3

  53. 53
    lisa Says:

    hey there i was wondering if you could give me some was to get around a block on myspace

  54. 54
    Donald Bristow Says:

    hope this works

  55. 55
    fun info Says:

    it’s perfect to get through my college security. thanks

    fun infos last blog post..The First Ever Hello Kitty Netbook

  56. 56
    Albin Says:

    Try Ultrasurf http://tec-updates.blogspot.com/2008/01/ultrasurf-v88-0-bypass-all-internet.html

    and get list of web proxys from : http://albin.1983.googlepages.com/webproxy

    Albins last blog post..How can you save a picture from Orkut

  57. 57
    diego@iphone 3g Says:

    its great! with a proxy like this i can access myspace on the college. thanks for the list.

    diegos last blog post..Download Flash player for your iphone

  58. 58
    Courtney Says:

    Thank you for this website…..i appriciate it….but how do i get past the block

  59. 59
    Brian@boat panels Says:

    I had heard that the new IE browser would include a ‘porn’ mode. It basically removes your IP from being detected. Does anyone confirm this? Would this also unlock sites like MySpace that are off limits on a college library?

  60. 60
    Odzyskiwanie Danych Says:

    These links are good but even if I remove the check on “remove scripts” most scripts don’t work. Does anybody know a proxy that can handle javascript?

  61. 61
    Sierra Says:

    well this is what i use to use but i think my school caught on hope this helps

  62. 62
    Sierra Says:

    http://www.proxy-surfer.com sorry but this is the website

  63. 63
    Tina Says:

    All the proxy sites are blocked at my work! GRR!! If they gave me work to do, I wouldn’t need to go on Facebook…I’M SO BORED!!!

  64. 64
    master@Herbal Vaporizers Says:

    Proxy sites are good only when it remains undetected by the systems administrations, but the good thing is the webmasters are continually building new proxy sites.

  65. 65
    Spyder Says:

    i have some sites you could use to get around blocking but you have to understand that people try all they can to get around these things and sometimes we cant even get past it with the ones we have. If my sites dont work then they dont work :
    pieroof.com
    browseunblocked.com
    camolist.com
    camo list will give you alot of sites you could possibly use

  66. 66
    Doug Says:

    Why are there such things as blocked websites. Kids like me love to play games on the computer and cry that there is a blocked website. So if you care about the kids you would shut down our blocked websites. There are like 55 websites I wished i COULD GO ON (WHICH ARE NOT INARRPROTE AND THER IS NO BLOOD) BUT BECAUSE OF THOSE STUPID BLOCKED WEBSITES i CAN’T PLAY AND THEYARE REALLY FUN.

  67. 67
    dedi m Says:

    i wait u to my blog, make comment to evaluate, please! (i’m newbie)

  68. 68
    alex Says:

    you may also use glype proxy to get around blocked sites :)

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