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O.P. Firewall in my university!!
Hi all :)

Am having a problem, regarding my university's firewall.

MSN messenger simply doesn't log in there! It tells me my gateway is 'offline' when i run diagnosing, also, torrent downloads are not working as well.

Is there a way to get those two working? As those are the only important applications to me.

P.S: I tried making Yahoo Messenger work on the 'Firewall with no proxy', and it worked!

I need any software or thing to bypass/get this things work !
10-01-2007 01:11 PM
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RE: Firewall in my university!!
They've probably blocked the required ports. You can use a web-based version such as eBuddy but I apart from that you really shouldn't try to work around measures which universities put in place to prevent students from doing something as they're generally more strict and less forgiving.
10-01-2007 01:17 PM
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Ebuddy is also blocked.

I want the workaround if there is one, because am growing so pissed of this :@
10-01-2007 01:23 PM
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have you tried Meebo?
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BLOCKED !! :'(
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Then they have blocked it for a reason. Trying to get around it might cause you more problems than what its worth.
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10-01-2007 02:14 PM
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all instant messaging applications and websites have been blocked actually.

And besides, torrent downloads are not working as well.

But, as i mentioned, Yahoo Messenger worked uner 'firewall with no proxy', so if it worked, am sure there are ways to get over this darn firewall...software maybe?!
10-01-2007 02:17 PM
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all instant messaging applications and websites have been blocked actually.

And besides, torrent downloads are not working as well.

But, as i mentioned, Yahoo Messenger worked uner 'firewall with no proxy', so if it worked, am sure there are ways to get over this darn firewall...software maybe?!


Possibly. Where's xen0h when you need him?

Software.. maybe. If you have another machine set up somewhere and you can communicate with it over port 80, it can't be too hard to use that as a gateway. There has got to be software that lets you do that.

By the way, you do realise that the yahoo and msn networks are connected, right? You could just use Yahoo.
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10-01-2007 03:12 PM
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Not exactly i can use yahoo for various reasons:

I keep yahoo only for my family, whilst MSN is for friends, being said: I use MSN 7.5, so its not compatible with the new yahoo!

I just need a workaround :'(

Also, i need it for torrent downloads :d
10-01-2007 03:15 PM
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Ah, well the sort of work around I was picturing would have another machine acting as a proxy. That would slow torrents right down, in fact, it would be easier, cheaper [really] and faster just to use your home machine directly for that.

I don't mean just use a Yahoo ID, I mean use the Yahoo client. You will have access to your msn friends through it, but you will be stuck with the Yahoo interface.
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