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1. Find a proxy or circumvention site. Sites such as https://www.bypassr.com offer a way to bypass Websense by, for example, using a secure connection (note that the url begins with “https,” not “http”). You can access the circumventor or proxy site, and then access blocked sites through that. Alternatively you can use a program called vpntunnel to run programs like bittorrent or games like World of Warcraft etc - https://www.vpntunnel.co.uk
2. Type the url you want to go to in the box on the site. Once you access the proxy site, enter the address of the site you want to go to in the box on the screen. If you’re using vpntunnel, install and log in with the software.
3. Turn your home computer into a circumventor. Since proxy sites are constantly being blocked, you may want to create your own.
   • Install a circumventor program. At Peacefire.org you can download a circumventor program on your home computer so that you can access blocked sites at other locations by connecting to your home computer. Download a couple programs, and run the setup, and the program will give you a url you can use to access it from anywhere. Write down this url and carry it with you. Note: you don’t download the programs onto the computer with the filter–you download them onto another computer that you can connect to from the filtered computer.
   • Enter the url for your home computer in the web browser on the filtered computer. When you’re at a computer with a filtered connection (at work or at the library, for instance), simply enter the URL the circumventor program gave you, and you will be able to access blocked sites via your home computer. Note that this will only work if your home computer is on and connected to the internet.

             Tips

• Go to Peacefire.org to get on the mailing list for new proxy avoidance sites. People who update Websense and other filters are also on the mailing list, of course, but you should be able to use a new proxy for at least a couple days before it’s blocked and you need to get a new one.
• Websense can also be circumvented by using AOLOpenRide software. You’ll need an AOL/AIM screen name and log in, but the OpenRide browser bypasses the WebSense filters.