Get Past Lightspeed Systems

Are you on a school computer and you want to access an entertainment website? Perhaps you're just trying to read an article that's been blocked by their internet filter, or maybe you're trying to watch some YouTube videos. Lightspeed Systems has many years in the industry, and their school-focused program is very sophisticated. Still, people who believe in internet freedom are constantly popping up, and Lightspeed Systems can only move so fast. Try all these options, and if they don’t work, try them again in a few days.

Steps

Using Proxy Websites

  1. Try several proxy websites. A proxy website is a single website that visits and displays other websites for you. Because the URL in your browser never matches any banned sites, Lightspeed doesn’t block them. Unfortunately, most established proxy sites are, themselves, banned.[1]
  2. Sign up with the one you choose. Most proxy websites require some kind of login to use, or to access certain features, but many let you register for free. Check to make sure the site has a decent reputation before giving any information to register.
  3. Websurf from the Proxy site. Different proxy sites have different formats, but you generally start by entering a URL into a field on the page. The site then displays that page with an altered URL that Lightspeed won’t recognize.

Using Translator Websites

  1. Go to the Google Translate website. It is at https://translate.google.com/. Google Translate and similar sites that can translate web pages are actually a special type of proxy site, and many schools may be less likely to block them.[2]
  2. Enter the URL of the site you want. The large text field in the middle left of the page can directly translate text, but if you enter a URL it will instead generate options for translating the whole page.
  3. Select a translate from language. If you are looking for an English language website and are a native English speaker, Google will default to trying to translate English to English, and give an error message instead of displaying the page. Tell Google Translate to translate from another language, such as Russian or Chinese, and it will display the page despite finding nothing to translate.

Using the Tor Browser

  1. Download the Tor Browser. Find it at https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en. Tor automatically routes you through a series of proxies. Monitoring programs like Lightspeed can’t see or affect what you do in it.[3]
  2. Load it onto a flash drive. Plug a flash drive into your computer and open it. Then, just drag and drop the Tor Browser file from its current location into the flash drive.
  3. Plug it into the computer with Lightspeed. Open the flash drive from the computer and start the program. It will work from the flash drive without the need to install it on the computer you are using.
    • Tor can be blocked with other security programs and the right settings, so this may not work.

Tips

  • The blocking system is located in either C:/Windows or C:/System. Or if on a Mac: inside the hidden folders, /Library, and /System/Library (there should be some frameworks which allow it to run as well). Even if you manage to change the computer’s settings, however, Lightspeed is usually integrated into the school’s network, itself, which is usually inaccessible from student computers.
  • Google Cache along with Yahoo, Bing, Ask.com, Lycos, Search.com, and many others are generally blocked.

Warnings

  • Realize you may be breaking your school’s AUP (acceptable use policy) and you could get into trouble for using this information. Schools can monitor your internet usage using Lightspeed Rocket. Even if you manage to find a working proxy site, this itself may be discovered.

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://whatismyipaddress.com/proxy-server
  2. ↑ http://www.labnol.org/internet/google-proxy-server/28112/
  3. ↑ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2498303,00.asp
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