Top Ten methods to access banned websites
1. Use IP address - This is the simplest way to
bypass domain name based access restrictions. Instead of the domain
name such as www.webstuffscan.com use the direct IP address. To find
the IP address use one of the free host to IP online conversion tools
such as this.
2. Use Google cache - If you are not bothered
whether the content is latest on a site, Google cache is best. Do a
Google search for the site and then click on the cached link below the
search results.
3. Use an Anonymizer - In this method you access a
third party site which in turn routes your request to the required
server. Some services provide URL encryption also. The problem is that
most of these servers are no longer free. Do a google search for the
latest list as this is a very dynamic area 
Proxify - Hides original URL and provides an array of access of options. The is one of the best free servers.
Block Stop - New guy in the town!
Anonymouse - This works, but URL is visible and hence may be blocked by the filtering software.
4. Use Online Translation Tools - In this method,
we can use the translation service as a web proxy. Following are the
best links I know of. Again Google is your best friend for more
resources.
Altavista Babel fish - In the above replace www.webstuffscan.com with the site you want. You can also visit Babel fish site.
Google Translate - Similar to Babel fish.
5. Use Google Mobile search - Google mobile search works, but output may not be optimal. This is very similar to using a Web proxy.
6. Use a public Proxy server - There are many free
proxy servers out in the Web. Note that in order to use these you have
to change internet connection settings in Internet Explorer or whatever
browser you use. This is one such list.
7. Get web pages via email - This is useful if you need a single Web page. Obviously accessing large files is not possible. Given below are some examples.
You can use SEND http://www.yahoo.com/ in the body of the message and send it to agora@dna.affrc.go.jp to retrieve yahoo.com home page.
You can also check out services at web2mail which includes web page subscriptions.
G.E Boyd has an extensive list of servers. Note that many in the list are no longer working.
9. Use Tor Distributed Proxy - Tor is an advanced proxy server using multiple anonymous servers for a single Web request. This requires an application to be downloaded and installed.
8. Your own proxy server - This is an advanced
technique and is probably the best. This requires your own proxy server
hosted either at your home or at a hosting service provider. You can
enable SSL encryption and prevent any snooping on the content as well.
Also put some access control, otherwise someone can find the service
and misuse it (Trust me, there are many who are looking for such an
opportunity!).
Use Apache Web server as proxy server - A bit complex setup.
Use Privoxy - - This is the recommended approach. Please see this page for more details.
Use PHPProxy as a Web Proxy - You can use PHPProxy to setup a Web proxy.
10. Use alternate content providers - When
everything fails, you can use alternate service providers. For example
if Gmail is blocked at your place, you can take another obscure mail
address and enable email forward at Gmail.
Important!
Be careful when you are using public proxy servers. It is possible for
the guy who is hosting the service to snoop on the data that is passing
through. So I wouldn’t recommend putting any important information such
credit card details when you are using public proxy server method.
update 1 (Nov 26) - Sharjeel has got an impressive list of 300+ web proxies.
update 2 (Dec 22) - Check out my latest how to on running your own windows Http proxy server.
update 3 (Feb 01) - Please see comments below for some good tips. Also some of the sites mentioned in the article are no longer working.
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