I'm using the university's wireless network, but it seems like they have some sort of proxy: Any connection that doesn't go to ports 80 (http) or 443 (https) are closed with a 'no route to host' ICMP packet. This is bad, because anything interesting I can do with this network is right out (update git repositories, download mail, news feeds...)

"Ah!" I think, and download Tor (The Onion Router), set it up not to make the network angry and I'm in business. With the help of proxychains I can also use those programs which aren't designed to be used with proxies.

It's slower than what you get with the direct connection, but the alternative is not being able to use your favourite programs. I'll say it again, All Hail The Onion!

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