Proxy Unblocker Journal

Vi e t T a n | /en 1 | Page How to A ccess Facebook in | www.facebook.com/vt4democracy | w ww.twitter.com/viettan Note : t entification over the Internet. Vietnam. Table of C ontents Utilize the “lite” versions of Cacebook ................................ ................................ ................................ .......... 2 iGoogle ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .......................... 2 Alternate DNS server ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .... 6 Proxies ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ......................... 10 Changing your host file ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................... 13 Using TOR or Ultrasurf ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 16 Sum ................................ ................................ ...................... 19 Changing your host file ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................... 20 Using TOR or Ultrasurf ................................ ................................ ................................ .............................. 20 Conclusion ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 20 - 20. Vi e t T a n | /en 2 | Page Utilize the “lite” versions of Facebook Simply access Facebook through http://lite.facebook.com or http://m.facebook.com or http://touch.facebook.com iGoogle First go to www.igoogle.com . Then sign up using your normal email and p assword from an existing Google account such as G mail, Y outube, or Google Calendar (c reate a new account if necessary ) . Once you signed into www.igoogle.com , Click on “Add stuff” ( top right ) Vi e t T a n | /en 3 | Page - Then type “ F acebook” in the “ S earch” box ( under “ S earch for gadgets”) - Select and click “ F acebook for i G oogle” - Now c lick “Add it now” Once “ A dd it now” has been cli cked, you have added a small Facebook gadget into your own iG oogle homepage . Vi e t T a n | /en 4 | Page When you return to iG oogle home page, you will see the “Connect with Facebook” link. - Click on “ C onnect with Facebook” - T here will be a pop - up asking you to connect to Faceb ook. - Select “ C onnec t to Facebook” Vi e t T a n | /en 5 | Page - Then c lick on “ C lick here to authorize the gadget” - A new window will appear, requesting access to Facebook. C lick “ A llow access” Vi e t T a n | /en 6 | Page Alternate DNS server You can use an alternate DNS server to access websit es that have been removed from the Vietnam’s government DNS servers. Go to “ C ontrol panel” - Select " N etwork status” Vi e t T a n | /en 7 | Page - Click “ C urrent network” or “ N etwork status” - On the new window, select " P roperties” Vi e t T a n | /en 8 | Page - Find " I nternet protocol version 4 ” an d cli ck on that - Then click " P roperties" Vi e t T a n | /en 9 | Page - Select " U se the following DNS server addresses" - Then type in the DNS server that you want t o alternate to. For instance, use Google ’s publicly - available DNS (8.8.8. 8). Once the alternate DNS serve r has been entered , your I nternet browser will utilize this new DNS server. You will then be able to access Facebook. Vi e t T a n | /en 10 | Page Prox ies There are many p rox ies that you can use to bypass Vietnam’s government firewall . Just use G oogle to search and find a large number of them . This webpage for instance lists many free proxies : http://www.checker.freeproxy.ru/checker/last_checked_proxies.php . - Find a proxy address first - Then open I nternet E xplorer - Under “ T ools”, select “ I nternet options” Vi e t T a n | /en 11 | Page - On the new window, s elect “Connections”, and then “LAN settings” - Select " U se a proxy server for your LAN" Vi e t T a n | /en 12 | Page - Copy and P aste the p roxy address into the " A ddress" box and the port information into " P ort" box After entering the proxy setting , all communication from your internet browser will be routed through this p roxy (rather than using the government’s proxy). Y ou will observe a slower I nternet speed using proxies, but that is normal . So proxies don’t work . Simply try different one s until you find a working one . Vi e t T a n | /en 13 | Page Changing your host file Facebook ’s current IPs are : 69.63.181.11 facebook.com 69.63.181.11 www.facebook.com 69.63.180.174 login.facebook.com 69.63.178.24 regist er.facebook.com 69.63.180.15 apps.facebook.com You your computer to automatically go to these IP entr ies as followed : - Right click on “Notepad” in the start menu and select “Run as administrator” Vi e t T a n | /en 14 | Page - Go to the directory “C: \ windows \ syste m32 \ drivers \ etc \ ” then open up the file " h osts" - When opening this file, you will see a table listing a number of IP entries of different webpages Vi e t T a n | /en 15 | Page - C opy and P aste the above Facebook’s IP entr ies into this file, and then click “ S ave” Aft er restarting your internet browser, you should be able to go directly to Facebook. Vi e t T a n | /en 16 | Page Using TOR or Ultrasurf Download the free circumvention software TOR from : http://www.torproject.org/easy - down load.html.en Once you download the software , you should see a folder named “ T or browser” . In this folder, click on the application “Start T or browser” . T he program will automatically connect to the TOR nework ( and you will see the sign of an o nion at t he bottom right corner of the screen ) . Vi e t T a n | /en 17 | Page After that you r b ro wser will automatically open . Ultrasurf is another similar circumvention software. Download “Ultrasurf” for free at www.ultrareach.com . Once you start the program, an icon in form of a lock will appear at the bottom right cor ner of the screen indicating that you have successfully connected to the Ultrasurf proxy network, enabling you to connect to blocked websites. Vi e t T a n | /en 18 | Page Vi e t T a n | /en 19 | Page Summary of how to access Facebo ok in Vietnam Using the “lite” versions of Facebook Simply access http://lite.facebook.com or http://m.facebook.com o r http://touch.facebook.com These are “lite” versions of Facebook that user s can use to access Facebook . However, since these are “lite” versions , some Facebook functionalities cannot be used , so you are somewhat lim ited to : - Writing to Wall - Posting pictures - Joining forum and seeing Friends’ activities... iGoogle Through i Google ( www.igoogle.com ) users can access Facebook through a small Facebook gadget . Alternate DNS server T he Vietnam ese government h as blocked Facebook by eliminating the Facebook IP entries from their DNS server . DNS server s store a list of all Internet addresses that you can access. Once they have removed Facebook from this list, you r computer will not be ab le to find the IP addresses of Facebook . To go around this obstacle, a different DNS server can be used. There are many free DNS server s . Google has made a free one available at 8.8.8.8. P roxies P roxies are servers on the internet that you can use to route y our web requests through. Instead of going through the government of Vietnam’s network, you basically ask a third - party computer to get the information for you. When Facebook is in accessible in Vietnam , simply set up your browser to use a proxy. There are a lot of free p roxies. Just Google for some . The following page lists a set of free p roxies: http://www.checker.freeproxy.ru/checker/last_checked_proxies.php . Vi e t T a n | /en 20 | Page Chang ing your h ost file As mentioned above, the Vietnamese government has blocked Facebook by eliminating its IP entry in Vietnamese DNS server. However, if you know Facebook’s IP addresses, you can instruct your computer to go directly there. Facebook’s IP entries are : 69.63.181.11 facebook.com 69.63.181.11 www.facebook.com 69.63.180.174 login.facebook.com 69.63.178.24 register.facebook.com 69.63.180.15 apps.facebook.com Using TOR or Ultrasurf Finally, you can use the firewall circumvention software TOR to access Faceboo k (or any other blocked web page). This software will use multiple server s outside Vietnam as a proxies . This free software can be downloaded at http://www.torproject.org/easy - download.html.en Since all Internet traffic will then be routed through different server s outside of Vietnam, you will experience reduced Internet speed s . Alternatively, you can also use Ultrasurf which is freely available at www.ultr areach.com . Conclusion There are many techniques and software that enable you to access blocked websites in Vietnam . ) and whether we should include other methods in this guide. 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