Monday, April 27, 2009

FreeProxy Helps You Circumvent Restrictive Firewalls [Download]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/U6xbYdpYG0w/freeproxy-helps-you-circumvent-restrictive-firewalls

Windows only: Corporate firewall got you down? No Facebook behind your school's filter? FreeProxy is a simple proxy tool for routing your browsing through your home computer.

At the computer and technology blog MakeUseOf, they've put together a straightforward tutorial on how to set up FreeProxy, including the software setup, configuring your router, and setting your browser to use a proxy server. Once you're done, all your remote browser traffic will be piped through your home connection, reopening the world wide web to you. If you'd like to use a proxy and have a secure connection, you should look into setting up your own SSH SOCKS proxy for encrypted, remote browsing.