Ways around port blocking

[conneh]

Now, just moved into my Uni flat today and i have been greated with a 100Mb/s connection, awesome! Or so it seems.

Can't connect to Steam, doesn't find COD4 servers and i can't connect to Torrents.

This doesn't seem like a big deal, as i don't really wanna be in here playing games etc. However, i wouldn't mind playing now and again.

Are there ways around this at all?

 

[Longy]

Buy the IT department cakes and BJ

 

[DMS]

The only possible "way around" it for you is to configure your programs / games to use an open port.
Even then, if they've got a decent firewall set up properly with application layer filtering, that won't work either.

Your only other method would be to do as Longy says.

 

[PinkoCommie]

Buy the IT department cakes and BJ

As a Network Security Engineer, I can confirm that this tactic does work.

Though the issue may not even be with your local firewall (i.e. your universities). They are probably sending web traffic out via JANET and they may filter that stuff out there as well.

So you may need a cake shop and plenty of lip balm. :dead:

 

[KDF]

usedt o work at a university.. damn JANET was fast !

 

[cli0 172]

KDF is always probing & trying to get in my port .

:nono:

 

[KDF]

Ye... fart and give us a clue..:clown:

 

[Cliotoby]

Sheesh. Theyre dragging fibre through to the place where im doing my work placement for uni. cant wait. Hate this shitty 10 meg connection i have here. God damm copper.

 

[KDF]

Copper can currently do 10Gbit, don't knock it

But ye, fibre is nice.

 

[The Hoff]

Not the grade BT lovingly used for our telephone lines though Seb.

 

[YoeBailey]

Try using a HTTP tunnel app. I used one successfully where i used to work for downloads, messenger and playin Doom.

Although as mentioned above, application layer filtering may detect this...

 

[PinkoCommie]

If it comes down to it, try tunneling out over ICMP.

http://www.cs.uit.no/~daniels/PingTunnel/

 

[KDF]

If they are any good.. they will have blocked pings as well like I have.

 

[PinkoCommie]

theres probably something out there that'll tunnel over DNS

 

[DMS]

theres probably something out there that'll tunnel over DNS

NSTX

 

[PinkoCommie]

NSTX

Oooh, now that I like.

Sneaky b******s.