Strati Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Okay, so I used to be able to get on IRC by changing the port to 6668. Recently, though, it seems as though they have blocked ALL ports that can be used. No matter what port I change it to, I can't connect. Does anyone know a remedy or if it can even be remedied? (I'm using ChatZilla, by the way.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyMeister Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 It depends how they are blocking. If they're just blocking 6660-6669; then you could possibly find or setup an open proxy on some other port outside of your university network. However, most IRC networks check for and kill any user using an open proxy because it's a very easy way to flood a network while evading IP bans... so that proxy would have to be in your control, only accept connections from you, etc. In short, you'd have to know EXACTLY what you were doing; and I've never tried using IRC proxies so I'm just going by what I think would be the most likely scenario. Another, less likely scenario, is that your university's routers/servers are actually checking for and blackholing any sort of IRC packet. If so, then you'd have to encrypt your packets somehow. On a different tangent, why is your university blocking IRC anyway? I would most likely suspect that network administration is trying to prevent filesharing over IRC... best bet is to complaint to administration IF YOU'RE JUST USING IT TO CHAT. If you're filesharing, don't even try to plead your case, they've already stopped caring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nineko Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 I've never tried using IRC proxiesit's not that hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drack Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 A private proxy would have to be offsite to bypass the restrictions. I don't think many people have a private computer that is always on, in a remote location. Lacking one of those, IRC servers block public proxies almost without exception. I'll try to think of something, but this isn't going to be easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nineko Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 IRC servers block public proxies almost without exception.Yep. As I said, I did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saundra Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 IRC servers block public proxies almost without exception.Yep. As I said, I did it. ETG doesn't block a damn thing. tor works like a charm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strati Posted December 15, 2006 Author Share Posted December 15, 2006 All right, Tor's installed and enabled. I'm now getting an "Error creating socket." message rather than a "Connection refused" message, so that's progress. Where do I go from here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion303 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 My method is to tunnel my entire home desktop over an encrypted NetOp Remote Control link to my laptop and control the mIRC session that's always up at home. YMMV. -steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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