p2p in college

[PhrozenLiquidz]

as im sure plenty of people know, most colleges have been blocking p2p programs on there campus. soooo anyone have any advice for getting around this sort of thing. my first day at the campus here, i'm gonna look into some tunneling software or something. since im sure someones already had to deal with this, please do me a favor and save my time looking o_O. gg college, k thnx.

[cpugeniusmv]

Originally posted by PhrozenLiquidz
as im sure plenty of people know, most colleges have been blocking p2p programs on there campus. soooo anyone have any advice for getting around this sort of thing. my first day at the campus here, i'm gonna look into some tunneling software or something. since im sure someones already had to deal with this, please do me a favor and save my time looking o_O. gg college, k thnx.

if you want to keep your internet priveleges at your college, then don't.

[PhrozenLiquidz]

well if i cant use my p2p software, then i dont suppose i want internet privelages. is that the best help you can offer?

[Aaron73153]

Go with a little-known program whose ports aren't blocked, or move into an apartment and get your own broadband.

[cpugeniusmv]

Originally posted by PhrozenLiquidz
well if i cant use my p2p software, then i dont suppose i want internet privelages. is that the best help you can offer?

you won't be saying that when you have a report due in the morning, and have done no research.

[downloadalot]

If you're using normal kazaa, get k++ and change the port in the options. Maybe it wont be blocked anymore.


Still... Doesn't mean they wont bust you -they can if they want-

If you want to do it , one advice : download SLOWLY - you can set these options on k++, otherwise the network administrators may notice suspicious bandwith usage, and if they care, cut you off.

Yes, I know, it sucks living in a dorm. One day you will have you own appartement, your own telephone-internet line and then you can download freely.

[MauerPower]

Wouldn't a solution be to change to an anonymous IP address?

[cpugeniusmv]

Originally posted by MauerPower
Wouldn't a solution be to change to an anonymous IP address?

there is no anonymitity online.

[dock0184]

Create a VPN to a friend who's living off campus. You can then download off his connection and transfer to your computer. My advice: use port 27015 (Counter-Strike port) and encrypt the vpn. That way if they ask what were you doing, you can tell them it's a computer game.

[MauerPower]

Okay, maybe I need some clarification on some stuff. Wouldn't the college or university look at a user's IP address to determine if they were using too much bandwidth? I thought that this was how they would determine whether they needed to revoke internet privileges from a user on the network.

[aqlo]

Maybe they would and maybe they wouldn't, more likely on those lines they would just set an upper limit dealie like any isp, this is more serious than that, what they almost certainly Will do is revoke you the minute some riaa weasel sniffs you out on kazaa by your ip

if you are still interested try some things like es5 and freenet

[Aaron73153]

Wouldn't the college or university look at a user's IP address to determine if they were using too much bandwidth?

Yes, thats also how they can tell if your running a web server or something similar which is also against most policies. You could always keep a backdoor trojan on your computer, block the port it uses until the network guys sya something to you, then you can plead that you were hacked.

[Krypt0]

Originally posted by Aaron73153
Yes, thats also how they can tell if your running a web server or something similar which is also against most policies. You could always keep a backdoor trojan on your computer, block the port it uses until the network guys sya something to you, then you can plead that you were hacked.

I would highly NOT recommend this solution for obvious reasons. Even though you would have the port blocked, I don't think I would feel safe having an open trojan running on my computer.

2 years ago... Back when I was in college, the network admins tried blocking ports for common p2p software. I just changed what ports the program runs on, and it worked better. (I.E. NO .01Kb) They probably have more technologically advanced software & hardware running now then when they did a few years ago, so good luck!

Peace!

[shawners]

thiers an aawesome program colleges was using , it only shared files through your lan system.. So if im connected to the internet, it share files among the ones on the same internet system.. lan share or something, i wish i could remember the name of the software. its suppose to let the college share within itself.

[Sockfulloflove]

Use IRC, they can't block you for "chatting."

[Potato]

I knew some kids that paid for their cable so they could get cable internet in the dorm... that way all they would have had to deal with was the ISP, not the school.

My school (SCSU) mentioned something about prioritizing stuff or something, Bandwith... apparently too many kids last year were downloading and sharing and it slowed EVERYTHING DOWN SO BAD... They sent out an email trying to get people to stop running shit like Kazaa 24/7. They tried to explain spyware and stuff too.

The school never said they blocked anything though... they just said something like how it was illegal to share copyrighted material and you could lose your privileges and stuff. Didn't seem like they cared a whole lot as long as it wasn't tying everything up. Though, the school doesn't seem to give a flying f*ck about much of anything.

Anyways, move off campus and get your own internet, pay for cable in the dorm like those kids I mentioned, or cross your fingers.

[PhrozenLiquidz]

well while all those posts were amazingly unhelpful, i finally got it to work. im using some http-tunneling software with a free socksifier. good luck to anyone else with my prob, hope this helps.

[lsample20]

I see that you took care of your problem. Exactly what did you use to bypass this?

I'm in the same boat you were in.

[isamoor]

What did he use? He probably used a version of socksifier and http-tunnel. Search around on google for them. Socksify is free for non-commercial use, http-tunnel costs money for and decent amount of bandwidth. And this isn't an easy setup to workout, I have done it before, but it's rough.

Freenet will work. You might only have outgoing connections, but it will still work. I've downloaded a few movies off of freenet while at school.

Irc is always a good bet too. Although some schools have even started limiting irc bandwidth.

Hope that helps,

Isamoor

[mliesenf]

heh... p2p in college...

I live on campus at the University of Florida. Check out what I live under.

http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/10042003a.php
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,60613,00.html
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/10/03/1643202.shtml?tid=126&tid=146&tid=158&tid=95&tid=99

[Potato]

heh... p2p in college...

I live on campus at the University of Florida. Check out what I live under.

http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/10042003a.php
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,60613,00.html
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/10/03/1643202.shtml?tid=126&tid=146&tid=158&tid=95&tid=99


I read about that... that really really really blows.

[ASUmusicMAN]

I have tried using HTTP tunnel, but I have never heard of socksified. How does it work/what does it do?

[mliesenf]

I read about that... that really really really blows.
Nope... it sucks for all of those dumb people using unsecure, wide open, p2p systems. The students in the dorm don't know how much they need the protection of the uf dhnet and the p2p restrictions. I'm good with icarus, it does not affect me.

[☼Sph!nX☼]

My best advice to you PhrozenLiquidz:
Use Ares. It uses MS Agent to download so therefore cannot be blocked, BUT i must agree with cpugeniusmv, It is too dangerous at a college... And even IF you are serious enough not to get caught,(Colleges are very unforgiving in he area of "file stealing" as they call it.) there is too much work involved to be good enough not to get caught. Like: routing through several sat's, servers, and hubs. Plus then there is multiple firewalls, stealth servers, moderator workstations(monitoring your every move, or at least the most suspiscius, like going to a p2p website, or anything of the like). I have experience in this area... it can be a nightmare. Truly.

BUT, go with Ares if you decide to anyways. Its your best shot. Good Luck. :shy