There are a number of proxy softwares available on the net. But they are lacking in some way or the other. The best proxy I’ve used so far is Ultra Surf. This is by far the best proxy software ever made..
It can be used for everything..visiting blocked websites, using IMs and for downloading files.
When UltraSurf 8 is started, the IE browser will open the home page of UltraReach web portal. A user can also open IE to browse any website. As long as UltraSurf 8 is opened, the newly opened IE browsers are under the UltraSurf protection with high encryption, even though the website may not be the content from UltraReach homepage. User can simply click “Exit” on the UltraSurf8’s interface to end the UltraSurf program, then IE browser is no longer under UltraSurf protection at this point.
Again, we do want to remind UltraSurf users that after you exit UltraSurf8, your IE browse activities are no longer under the protection of UltraSurf. Please do not browse any censored sites at this point, or you may run into the danger of being detected by the network monitor software applied by Internet police.
Currently UltraSurf 8 only supports Microsoft IE and several other Microsoft based browsers. It does not support the browsers such as Netscape, Mozilla, Opera, etc. However, if users are able to set proxy address manually in those browsers to 127.0.0.1:9666, or enter the setting according to the portal number shown on the user interface, they will be able to surf Internet with those browsers under the protection of UltraSurf.
Download the UltraSurf 8 Client Software at
http://www.wujie.net/downloads/ultrasurf/u.zip
Download the UltraSurf 8 User Guide in English at
http://www.wujie.net/userguide.htm
Visiting blocked websites
Just start UltraSurf…enter the proxy address of your network. If you don’t know the proxy settings of your network click automatic proxy detection and press ok.
An IE page should open up with a funny looking website. Now you have the whole internet at your disposal. You can visit any banned site you want as long as you have UltraSurf running.
Using Instant Messengers
Most IMs use the proxy used by IE. But you can manually select the proxy also. For using UltraSurf with IMs just go to the setting of the IM and enter the proxy host as 127.0.0.1 and the proxy port as 9666.
Note: UltraSurf should be running for the IMs to work by using this proxy.
Downloading Content
You wont encounter any problems in downloading while using UltraSurf. You can download everything while you are using UltraSurf. Moreover you can also use download managers with Ultra Surf. The ones I have tried is Flash Get and Free Download Manager. To use these with Ultra Surf you have to enter the proxy host as 127.0.0.1 and the proxy port as 9666 in the settings area of the download managers.
Many of us are facing the problem of Internet Censorship in our schools, colleges, workplaces etc.
Well I see no point in doing so because someway or the other you can always access such banned sites.
Use a web proxy
The simplest of all is using the freely available web proxies. There are numerous such web proxies available on the net..
Web proxies can be used for the following tasks
Visiting blocked websites
All you have to do is visit the web proxy, type the name of the blocked site you want to visit in the box provided and bingo...bye bye internet censorship.
So next time you want to visit a blocked site…just visit a web proxy and browse the site from there..
Note: The web proxies you visit everyday may again be tracked by your network administrator and blocked. But don’t worry there are millions of web proxies available. I’ll try to keep this blog updated with new working proxies.
Using Instant Messengers
Not being able to log on to your IMs??…Don’t worry..switch to a web messenger.
Services such as Gtalk and Yahoo messenger have their own online versions. If your IM is blocked try using these online services. For Gtalk you can also use Gmail as a replacement (Gmail has Gtalk embedded in it)
Then there are always Web Sites such as www.meebo.com which you can use for multiple IM services.
Downloading Content
Here again proxy sites come to the rescue…Many of us know that proxy sites can be used to visit banned sites. But very few of us know that proxies can also be used for downloading blocked content. e.g. Suppose downloading of .exe files is banned in your network. You can still download by using proxies. All you have to do is copy the link of the file you want to download. Paste the link of the file in a web proxy and download whatever you want to download.