ban on site and solution

October 10, 2003

Respected members,

GOI banned site because they host some Anti Indian and

pro-separatist groups and despite GOI's request, administration is not

removing them. This is a biggest foolishness as also host many

useful and pro-Indian groups.

By the way GOVT. is not going to listen or understand this matter,we will

see some solutions or the ways to access site. Please note that

this is the technology which will allow you to do anything,but it is not

legal.If your ISP have "word filter" then they may detect you. But much of

Indian ISPs don't have that service except those are for Mumbai and ND.

So the IDEA of open proxy server is the best one. you can do the

things as follow..........

Download "multiproxy" at http://www2.multiproxy.org/mproxy12.zip

(very small zip file of about 160kb. will need 2 minutes on dialup connection.)

Unzip the file and "Multiproxy" This is a freeware.

"Load server list" attached to this message.

test the fastest server for any site.

Now note down the IP and port number of fastest server.

(as my experience,don't choose the servers with extensions ".JP" they don't work

fair for English sites.)

now setting for I.E.

If you are using Internet Explorer, go to the "Tools" menu. From the drop down,

click on "Internet Options" Click the "Connection" tab. Then click the "LAN

Settings" button.Check the "Use a proxy server" option and enter the IP address

and port of the server you noted down from multi proxy. Now press "OK" and the

process is complete.

I hope now you should be able to access /satva without any problem.

mail me back if you have any problem in doing this.

thanks and regards

for more information an article is below.

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How surfers find their way in times of war to restricted or censored sites

Truth, they say, is the first casualty of war. In international conflicts,

winning the propaganda war has become as important as achieving the military

goals.

While it is easier to exercise some control over the flow of information through

conventional media, the Internet is a different kettle of fish.

In fact, it was meant to be that way. The tangled mess called the Internet is a

legacy of the cold war era. It was built in such a way that even if one part of

the system fails or is destroyed, the information would flow around it. There

are always multiple routes to a destination.

So even though the Internet can be and is filtered at different levels, by

different people, its inherent architecture enables people to bypass these

blocks.

Picking the lock

So how can you get access to restricted information? The best way to learn how

to pick a lock is to understand how the lock works. On the Internet, the lock

is usually on the humble browser. A good indication that a door has been

slammed in your face is when your browser displays the message "DNS error" or

"access denied".

The simplest form of blocking is by filtering the address or URL (example:

www.rediff.com). Most service providers have some form of caching device on the

edge of their network, before your request is bounced off to the Internet. This

device, a special type of computer, stores frequently accessed data (for

instance, pages of Rediff.com) till it is changed on the original location.

These devices come with access control lists that can say, for instance, "don't

serve any user from our network the domain rediff.com when it is accessed via a

browser (or any device that uses the HTTP protocol)". Such a restriction would

block rediff.com and all its sub-domains like shopping.rediff.com or

sms.rediff.com.

But it is pretty easy to bypass.

The no-brainer option is to use a service like Anonymizer or Surfola. Both have

restricted free versions. These sites hide your location and protect your

privacy.

When you enter the address of a Web site, your service provider first determines

if it is on the okay list and then fetches the page and gives it to you.

Obviously, when it is blocked, this does not happen.

This is where sites like Anonymizer come in. They fetch the blocked site/ page

from their servers and display it to you. As far as the service provider is

concerned you are viewing a page from Anonymizer and not the blocked site.

Another way is to access the blocked Web site using its Internet Protocol (IP)

number instead of the URL. For example, let us see how this works with

Rediff.com. I used Netcraft to find out that the Rediff Web server is located

at the IP address 202.54.124.171. Now, by typing this number in the address bar

of my browser I get to see the Rediff homepage even if www.rediff.com is on the

blocked list.

But this is not foolproof for two reasons:

1) If the blocking is meticulous and mapped to the IP address of the Web server

by something called reverse Domain Name Service lookup, the site will remain

blocked

2) If the Web site does not have a dedicated IP address and is on a shared

hosting set up (one where multiple sites are hosted on the same machine), there

is no guarantee that you will be able to access the site you want.

Note: Most service providers state in their Terms of Service that attempts to

bypass any restrictions (no matter how legal or illegal the blocking) could

lead to termination of the services provided to you.

Anonymous Proxy Servers

So how does one bypass the restrictions if it is fairly comprehensive and blocks

even Web sites like Anonymizer? The way out, as recently made famous by the

blogger from Iraq, Salam Pax, is to use anonymous proxy servers.

A proxy server is, in most cases, a normal computer that hides the identity of

computers on its network from the Internet. Which means that only the address

of the proxy server is visible to the world and not of those computers that are

using it to browse the Internet.

There are two ways to go about this. The first is to use special software like

Multiproxy or Surfola Redirector. These automatically check for new open proxy

servers and help your browser use them without much difficulty. The second is

to use Web sites like Openproxy or Defcon to manually check for open proxy

servers.

While using these servers, it is a safe practice not to transmit confidential

data or credit card numbers, as these machines can record all the information

that passes through them.

The software-based approach is quite easy. Once you download the software and

start it, it checks for available open proxy servers and routes your traffic

through them, rendering the filtering on the service provider's end useless.

The manual approach is a bit tedious and it takes a fair bit of trial and error

to get a server that is fast and reliable. Sites like Openproxy some times

check only whether a proxy server port is open and not whether it allows

outside access.

Before you begin using proxy servers, a visit to sites like Curlyfries would be

wise. Curlyfries tells you exactly what information your computer is spewing

out every time you visit a site. In the image you can see the IP address

assigned to my computer. Now check the IP address by doing a WHOIS. Mine showed

up rightly as a connection from the ISP, Sify.net. Hence, whatever restrictions

Sify might have in place would still apply to my computer.

Once you find an open proxy server (the Defcon ones are usually more reliable,

even though the demo version lists just a handful of servers), note down the IP

address and Port number. The next step is to set up your browser to use

proxies.

If you are using Internet Explorer, go to the "Tools" menu. From the drop down,

click on "Internet Options" Click the "Connection" tab. Then click the "LAN

Settings" button.Check the "Use a proxy server" option and enter the IP address

and port of the server you noted down from Defcon. Now press "OK" and the

process is complete.

Due to the way it has been designed, this method will work with the Internet

Explorer browser only if you are connecting via a LAN and not direct dial-up.

Dial-up users can try browsers like Opera or Mozilla.

Another visit to Curlyfries is advisable. After setting up my browser to use

proxies, a WHOIS on the IP address says that I am surfing from somewhere in

Poland. Since the server there is looking up my requests, restrictions placed

by my service provider do not come into play.

The downside is that it is quite difficult to find a server that is fast and

reliable and most of them do not offer secure channels and services like FTP,

making it a bit cumbersome for the average surfer.

Another problem is that hiding your real IP address is considered illegal in

many countries. However, using proxy servers is not the same as IP spoofing,

where you forge the IP address of your own computer. Internet Relay Chat

service providers, too, ban connections from open proxy servers because

Internet vandals use this technique to launch attacks of the kind that took

down the English version of the Al Jazeera Web site recently.

Go For Text

If you are willing to forgo the bells and whistles of a normal browser, and read

the restricted or censored information as text, sign up for a shell account,

available in both paid and free flavours. After that, a text-based browser

like Lynx is all you need.

For instance, my favoured provider is Rootshell. The sign ups at Rootshell are

manual and it takes a while. You can pay and get instant activation at SDF.

Once you have a shell account, use a secure client like Putty to connect to the

server. After you log in, type "lynx" followed by the Web site you want to

visit.

There is, once again, no guarantee for privacy on such a system as they log each

and every command you enter and authorities can examine this information

depending on the legal system of the country where the server is physically

located.

Also remember that violations of access control can attract penalties depending

on where you are. In countries like Saudi Arabia or China, being caught can

have serious repercussions.

So, if you want to tinker around, do so at your own peril.

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