Originally Posted by Chrysalis (Post 35423511)

of course.

setting up a vpn server is a lot more configuration and need to add a tunnel device etc.

a socks is incredibly easy in comparison.

on the client side socks is easier as well.

although a VPN can do more eg. if you want to evade torrent shaping then a VPN is probably more suited than a proxy. But to just get round web site censorship its overkill.

Originally Posted by Chrysalis (Post 35423272)

a VPN is defenitly overkill, to set one up is significantly more complex than setting up a basic socks proxy which achieves the same thing. Also socks can be used more flexibly on/off for certian things rather than just rerouting everything through a VPN.

Originally Posted by craigj2k12 (Post 35423512)

not you! :D the guy who said setting up the VPN was easier ;)

Originally Posted by Chrysalis (Post 35423515)

well maybe I did it a long winded way, but a socks doesnt even need root access to setup, whilst openvpn I had to modify the network configuration on the server to add a tunnel device which is something noone should do lightly as it can take a server offline. I actually had to look for a guide to setup openvpn, something I dont often have to do with server configuration.

Originally Posted by Skie (Post 35423517)

Root access? People are on windows, why else would they want access to a torrent site if not to download linux?

Originally Posted by jempalmer (Post 35423344)

No doubt that will be something you investigate qas?

Originally Posted by rmwebs (Post 35423491)

Hardly. The pirate bay still exists, and still will exist. There is no 'rebuilding' needed. They certainly arent going to be affected just by a temporary block from a few ISP's.

Originally Posted by Chrysalis (Post 35423511)

although a VPN can do more eg. if you want to evade torrent shaping then a VPN is probably more suited than a proxy. But to just get round web site censorship its overkill.

Originally Posted by kwikbreaks (Post 35423697)

I've no need to access TPB as I don't use torrents but I was interested to see just how easy the block was to bypass without relying on third party proxies which could be used for harvesting personal data.

I quickly found scripts for several proxies written using php and uploaded two of them to a free US webhost I use for one of my webcams. One didn't work well but the second seems to work perfectly. Total time taken - maybe 15 minutes including testing both.

Originally Posted by _wtf_ (Post 35423721)

What I find even more amusing is people cannot post how to circumvent the block but at the top of the page there'sGoogle ads pointing you in the right direction.

Originally Posted by _wtf_ (Post 35423721)

What I find even more amusing is people cannot post how to circumvent the block but at the top of the page there's Google ads pointing you in the right direction.