The Chaos Computer Club is determined to help Olympics reporters and journalists in China to bypass the great firewall, which restricts them from accessing the Internet freely.
For this they have developed some tools and techniques using which any user can bypass the great firewall of China and can surf the web without any restriction.
Technique 1: Use a Proxy
The first technique they recommend is of using a Proxy. Here on Sizlopedia we have a couple of posts on how to use proxies to bypass firewalls:
- Access Blocked Websites Using Proxies
- Access Blocked Websites Using Email
- Access Blocked Websites without Using a Proxy
The proxy method of bypassing Internet censorship works as long as the proxy itself is not blocked by the ISP of Government.
Technique 2: Use Freedom USB Stick
The second technique recommended by the Chaos Computer Club is to use the Freedom USB Stick.
The FreedomStick is an ordinary USB stick with the TorBrowser and Torprojects software preinstalled. These software can be downloaded in EXE and ZIP and can be installed on any USB flash drive to help you bypass Firewall restrictions in China.
Apart from making use of the Tor project, you can take a look at our 10 Free Tools to Bypass Internet Firewalls.
Sizlopedia is a technology blog created by Saad Hamid, a problogger from Pakistan.
Wow I really love the idea of a preinstalled TOR inside a USB disk. Uber-cool.
Access websites without using a proxy look great, but did not work with my OpenDNS… It took to some search page of OpenDNS
Didn’t knew about this tools or h/w before.
Thanks for the info…
How do I run the TOR program on my mac? It keeps asking for a program to open it with but nothing seems to work.
Any help would be great, thanks
Howdy, Interesting Article, Check out this post which gives you an idea of how the Great Firewall of China works. If you want to experience internet browsing in China, then have a look.
Link: http://hostintruder.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/feel-the-great-firewall-of-china/
Hope it helps!!