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Amit Agarwal from Digital Inspirations has posted a brilliant post

“Blocking access to undesirable Web sites through the use of Internet protocol filters has been a common government tactic since commercial Internet access first became available here in 1995. China and Saudi Arabia are believed to extend greater censorship over the net than any other country in the world under the pretext of information control.

Most of the blacklisted sites in Saudi Arabia are either sexually explicit or about religion, women, health, drugs and pop culture. They even block access to websites about bathing suits. So if you want to buy something to swim in, they seem to treat that as if it were pornographic in Saudi Arabia.

But what if an innocent website is accidentally blocked by your ISP or your government. There are always legitimate reasons to visit these blocked websites. We have listed a few methods to help you access blocked websites in school, college, office or at home.”

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  1. As of today, all links from rapidshare.org have been blocked in Saudi Arabia. Useless to submit unblocking requests as nobody ever responds. Any ideas please?

  2. @Nelson: Did you try using Proxify ?

    Link: http://proxify.com/

  3. Hi. Just clicked the link - and that is blocked too!

  4. @Nelson: Try using these proxies

    207.71.18.26 80
    60.48.141.251 8080
    211.216.205.8 8080

  5. NWIFHE Network Services & Support

    Security Risk: Access Denied
    You have attempted to bypass the Institute Filter System.
    The requested URL has been denied by SurfControl. The page you requested is STRICTLY prohibited by the Institute’s Acceptable Use Policy.
    Please note that your user name and workstation details have been recorded on our logs. Persistent attempts to circumvent the Institute’s filtering system will result in disciplinary procedures.

    HELP ME I WANNA GET INTO BEBO. IV TRIED ALL THE LINKS ABOVE

  6. How do i use a proxy???

  7. Ben here is the following details to use a proxy:

    1) Go to Tools
    2)Internet Options
    3)Connections
    4)Lan settings
    5) Where is says Proxy server, click the wee square and type in the proxy number then ok.

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