School Blocking VPN

[BlueNostromo]

My school just started blocking VPN's or their ports or something. I use PrivateInternetAccess. I can change my Connection Type from TCP to UDP. For TCP i can make my remote port: auto, 443, 110, or 80. For UDP i can make it 1194, 8080, 9201, or 53. I can set my local port on both to whatever I want. Anyone know how I could possibly get around this? I was told that our network blocked P2P connections. 

[Cryosec]

I would use Tor with bridges for a restrictive network like that, but if you don't want it, maybe someone else could help you with VPN stuff 

 

(Tor is still pretty good for bypassing restrictions)

[Jade]

The easiest way to get around it is to stop trying to evade a filter that is in place for a reason.

[Guest]

ugh.

 

people, read your schools technology handbook.

 

somewhere in there, it will say that bypassing their network monitoring & filtering is heavily prohibited.

 

at 9 out of the 10 schools I help, it is strictly prohibited in big bold red letters that it can result in a suspension.

[BlueNostromo]

Just now, Jade said:

The easiest way to get around it is to stop trying to evade a filter that is in place for a reason.

Not interested in that. I don't think that wanting to use snapchat, ebay, and play some video games is very bad.

[BlueNostromo]

Just now, MagnesiumPC said:

ugh.

 

people, read your schools technology handbook.

 

somewhere in there, it will say that bypassing their network monitoring & filtering is heavily prohibited.

 

at 9 out of the 10 schools I help, it is strictly prohibited in big bold red letters that it can result in a suspension.

I understand and am very willing to take the small risk.

[drc00k3]

If your only using the VPN to get onto blocked websites, how does the filter block stuff(what do you see when you try to do something that is blocked)?

[Guest]

Just now, BlueNostromo said:

I understand and am very willing to take the small risk.

To take the small risk of your entire education being ruined?

 

What the hell has happened to people.

[BlueNostromo]

Just now, MagnesiumPC said:

To take the small risk of your entire education being ruined?

 

What the hell has happened to people.

If you don't want to help me then please leave. 

[Guest]

Just now, BlueNostromo said:

If you don't want to help me then please leave. 

Just saying, you're willing to take a permanent solution to a temporary annoyance.

[BlueNostromo]

2 minutes ago, drc00k3 said:

If your only using the VPN to get onto blocked websites, how does the filter block stuff(what do you see when you try to do something that is blocked)?

They use a company called LightSpeed Systems

[drc00k3]

Just now, BlueNostromo said:

They use a company called LightSpeed Systems

Are you able to run javascript?

[BlueNostromo]

1 minute ago, drc00k3 said:

Are you able to run javascript?

Sure, why not

[Jade]

7 minutes ago, BlueNostromo said:

Not interested in that. I don't think that wanting to use snapchat, ebay, and play some video games is very bad.

Do that on your own time when you're not in school. If you were meant to be doing those while at school, they wouldn't be blocked. Let me be very clear, I'm not some stingy IT person who doesn't want to do more work -- I evade the filters in place too, but not for the same reasons.

[BlueNostromo]

1 minute ago, Jade said:

Do that on your own time when you're not in school. If you were meant to be doing those while at school, they wouldn't be blocked. Let me be very clear, I'm not some stingy IT person who doesn't want to do more work -- I evade the filters in place too, but not for the same reasons.

If you don't want to help me, please leave.

[ShadyHost]

2 minutes ago, Jade said:

Do that on your own time when you're not in school. If you were meant to be doing those while at school, they wouldn't be blocked. Let me be very clear, I'm not some stingy IT person who doesn't want to do more work -- I evade the filters in place too, but not for the same reasons.

....and somehow your reasons are justified and not his?

 

lmao

[AlbinoTexan]

8 hours ago, MagnesiumPC said:

To take the small risk of your entire education being ruined?

 

What the hell has happened to people.

Let him if it's not college the worst is a suspension.

 

but OP most places the block VPN's don't black tunnel bear for some reason, so try that

 

8 hours ago, Jade said:

Do that on your own time when you're not in school. If you were meant to be doing those while at school, they wouldn't be blocked. Let me be very clear, I'm not some stingy IT person who doesn't want to do more work -- I evade the filters in place too, but not for the same reasons.

lol you say don't evade then go and say oh I evade it but my reasons are differ t so it's fine. Hahahaha its people like you. 

 

But it still don't say that to him if you do it even if you do it becase you need to unblock a site that will cure cancer you help will.

 

eveading is eveading no matter the reason why. 

[Jade]

Just now, ShadyHost said:

....and somehow your reasons are justified and not his?

 

lmao

I don't recall saying my reasons were good or justified -- doesn't mean evading a filter is a good idea, especially if you can't figure out how to do it on your own. If you don't know what you're doing, you risk detection and thus, punishment or other problems. But yeah, nice try. Even then, I don't evade it to play games or browse sites I shouldn't be on, and even if I did, the filter here doesn't block half of them.

 

2 minutes ago, BlueNostromo said:

If you don't want to help me, please leave.

If you don't acknowledge that this is a public forum and that people here probably aren't willing to help you break rules you shouldn't be breaking in the first place, you should probably leave as well. If it's so important that you do something on the school's network, talk to the IT department about it. Otherwise, I'm sure it can wait.

[drc00k3]

7 minutes ago, BlueNostromo said:

Sure, why not

Try running javascript like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
window.location = "http://www.example.com/"
</script>

It works at my school but I'm not sure how effective it is.

Even though everyone else has said this, this is a terrible idea and you WILL get caught and they will suspend you which could put any future careers at risk. You can do things like snapchat and ebay at home and it is completely unnecessary at school. If you really need to get onto a website, just use your phone, the consequences will be nowhere near as bad. Edit: Also, as Jade said, this is a stupid idea, especially if you didn't figure it out yourself. Not fully understanding how it works will significantly increase your chances of getting caught.

[BlueNostromo]

4 minutes ago, Jade said:

Do that on your own time when you're not in school. If you were meant to be doing those while at school, they wouldn't be blocked. Let me be very clear, I'm not some stingy IT person who doesn't want to do more work -- I evade the filters in place too, but not for the same reasons.

I go to a high school that really knows little about actual internet or technology. The IT guy blocked it because VPNs were using too much bandwidth. Not because of what we were on. We are not disallowed from going on Ebay at school, just the network blocks it. We can use our phone data if we want. 

[Bajantechnician]

20 minutes ago, BlueNostromo said:

My school just started blocking VPN's or their ports or something. I use PrivateInternetAccess. I can change my Connection Type from TCP to UDP. For TCP i can make my remote port: auto, 443, 110, or 80. For UDP i can make it 1194, 8080, 9201, or 53. I can set my local port on both to whatever I want. Anyone know how I could possibly get around this? I was told that our network blocked P2P connections. 

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15 minutes ago, Cryosec said:

I would use Tor with bridges for a restrictive network like that, but if you don't want it, maybe someone else could help you with VPN stuff 

 

(Tor is still pretty good for bypassing restrictions)

Tor is blocked.

[Guest]

Just now, AlbinoTexan said:

Let him if it's not college the worst is a suspension.

The worst is a suspension....

 

No it isn't.

 

(Also, it is very rare for anything above K-12 to use LightSpeed Systems, considering thats what they focus on).

[Cryosec]

3 minutes ago, Bajantechnician said:

Tor is blocked.

Tor can use bridges to bypass tor-blocking networks.

[ShadyHost]

If you happen to have two PCs at home you could try creating your own VPN server on one machine that you could connect to from school using any port you prefer, then having a second PC sharing your home connection to the VPN machine. 

 

Now this would require randomly having two machines at your disposal and minor knowledge of how Windows shares internet connections. 

 

An old laptop and your desktop rig would work wonders in this situation. The laptop could host the second VPN you connect to while in a place where VPNs are blocked specifically, and the desktop could stay connected to the VPN you pay for. 

 

I had a setup similar to this while I was at military school. The dorms didn't have wifi but I had unlimited data on my phone. I tethered my phone to my laptop, connected to a VPN, used the network QoS features on a router I had my mom mail me and I shared the virtual VPN adapter in Windows to the ethernet port on my laptop. I charged $5 per day for WiFi access which it was a bunch of rich kids willing to pay for internet access that otherwise didn't exist. 

 

 

I understand this isn't the most elegant solution but it's the one I have confidence will work. Your home internet connection would have to be strong enough to handle whatever you are doing uploading/downloading simultaneously, all while not disrupting your parents and siblings at home. Hell, if the IT department caught on they'd probably just laugh and give you props for creativity. 

 

 

For those interested I eventually got caught by the school I was going to. I made about $700 in $1 bills over the few weeks I was there. They really didn't do anything other than tell me not to continue profiting from my internet sharing. I was even allowed to keep the router in my room. 

[Jade]

10 minutes ago, AlbinoTexan said:

lol you say don't evade then go and say oh I evade it but my reasons are differ t so it's fine. Hahahaha its people like you. 

 

But it still don't say that to him if you do it even if you do it becase you need to unblock a site that will cure cancer you help will.

 

eveading is eveading no matter the reason why. 

 

10 minutes ago, Jade said:

I don't recall saying my reasons were good or justified -- doesn't mean evading a filter is a good idea, especially if you can't figure out how to do it on your own. If you don't know what you're doing, you risk detection and thus, punishment or other problems. But yeah, nice try. Even then, I don't evade it to play games or browse sites I shouldn't be on, and even if I did, the filter here doesn't block half of them.

 

 

10 minutes ago, BlueNostromo said:

I go to a high school that really knows little about actual internet or technology. The IT guy blocked it because VPNs were using too much bandwidth. Not because of what we were on. We are not disallowed from going on Ebay at school, just the network blocks it. We can use our phone data if we want. 

Perhaps the high bandwidth usage is directly correlated with the people playing games and loading tons of image-heavy pages. And yes, it's not within the school's power to disallow you from doing what you want on your own mobile connection -- so just use that if you absolutely need an unfiltered connection.