RabbieBurns Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 This question is to do with personal use and not .edu related. I subscribe to some UK based media content, which only allows me access when I am out the country, which is great for when I am traveling. However, there has been a couple of times in recent months when I could really do with having access to it from within the UK. Whats the best way I could get a reliable non-uk ip http proxy with enough bandwitdh for streaming media at ~ 1mbit/s. Ive thought about renting a server somewhere in EU/US and running squid, but seems a bit overkill for what I want, for the short 90 mins I will be needing it once every couple of months or so. Any suggestions what else I could do?
tmcd35 Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 Ask one of the pupils which proxy service they are currently using to bypass your schools security
plexer Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 You need a non uk based shell account and then you can ssh tunnel your connection to it thus appearing to be from within the country you desire. Ben
localzuk Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 If it is only allowing access from outside the UK, I would assume that this means the license only allows its usage outside the UK. I don't think this would be an appropriate place to discuss tools for circumventing such licenses.
RabbieBurns Posted January 13, 2009 Author Posted January 13, 2009 Its no different to discussing using a UK HTTP proxy to watch BBC iplayer when abroad surely?
Geoff Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 True, but most ex-pats use bittorrent as the quality/selection is better.
roty80 Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) not quite sure if this is what you mean but to watch foreign tv channels i use hotspot shield Get Behind the Shield! Hotspot Shield by AnchorFree it puts an add at the top of your browser but is easy enough to close. you start it up and it keeps Hulu, Pandora, etc. from recognizing that you are outside the US. Therefore, because the site doesn't know where you are from, it assumes the best and gives you access to all content Edited January 15, 2009 by roty80 fact check
RabbieBurns Posted January 15, 2009 Author Posted January 15, 2009 Thats pretty much what I was after, but was looking at getting something I could guarantee the availability and bandwidth. Ill look into plexter's suggestion, can get a shell easy enough Ill just need to read up on how to get ssh acting as a http proxy.
localzuk Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Its no different to discussing using a UK HTTP proxy to watch BBC iplayer when abroad surely? In that the IPlayer license only allows you to download from within the UK and accessing it outside the UK is breaching the terms and conditions (license)? Yeah.
RabbieBurns Posted January 15, 2009 Author Posted January 15, 2009 Im not talking about downloading anything??
localzuk Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 You're missing the point - you need to read the specific terms and conditions for what you wish to access. If they say anything about accessing things from outside the country they are intended for, then you would be breaching them by using a proxy of some form. If it is hosted in the USA, you'd even be breaching the DCMA at the same time...
RabbieBurns Posted January 15, 2009 Author Posted January 15, 2009 Terms And Conditions I signed up when I was living abroad, with a foreign CC, and foreign address. So Section 2.1, the only part that is of interest as far as I can see, is fine. It says no-where else in the T+C that should be causing any concern. It doesn't say they need to be notified of change of address that I can see. So having paid (substantially) for the content subscription, I want to be able to view it. I think I'm within the T+C's...
RabbieBurns Posted January 31, 2009 Author Posted January 31, 2009 You need a non uk based shell account and then you can ssh tunnel your connection to it thus appearing to be from within the country you desire. Ben Got myself an offshore shell account sorted, but cant find any documentation how to do this anywhere.. been having a play with stunnel but cant seem to figure it out
RabbieBurns Posted February 2, 2009 Author Posted February 2, 2009 HOWTO: Secure Firefox and IM with PuTTY at import this. found it... works a treat thanks
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