How to access blocked web sites from school, office, or work using JAP

Posted on December 27, 2007 at 6:32 am

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Looking for a way to access blocked websites like Orkut, YouTube, MySpace, FaceBook, etc from school or work? Most people end up trying out the million or so proxy servers out there, but those are usually dead ends. Also, those proxy servers are very slow and it can take a year for a single web page to load sometimes! There’s luckily an easier way to access blocked websites that doesn’t rely on proxy servers!

JAP is a free open-source software tool that can be used to browse the web anonymously and unobservably. Whenever you browse the Internet, your IP uniquely identifies your computer and your location to the requesting servers, thereby reducing your privacy. JAP uses a single static IP address for many JAP users, thereby making it impossible for the visited website or any sniffer to determine which user visited.

JAP

The extra benefit that we can also get out of using JAP other than anonymous browsing is the fact that it can be used to access blocked web sites! That’s because all requests are first passed to JAP servers, then the requested sites are retrieved from their servers. Basically, for the local servers that control your access, it looks as if you’re always requesting something from the JAP web site, not FaceBook or MySpace, etc.

Here’s how to setup JAP: first download the JAP app from the link above. Install it and make sure it’s up and running. Then all you have to do is change some of the settings in Internet Explorer or Firefox. You have to change the LAN Settings so that the Default Gateway is 127.0.0.1 and the port is 4001.

In IE, click on Tools, then Internet Options, and click on the Connections tab.

lan settngs

If you’re connecting to the Internet using a dial-up, modem, or ISDN connection, choose your connection and then click on the Settings button at the top. If you’re connected permanently using a LAN, Cable or DSL connection, click on the Settings button under Local Area Network (LAN) settings heading.

browse anonymously

Check the Proxy Server box and type in the IP address and port number shown above.

For Firefox, you click on Tools, then Options, and then click on the Advanced tab. Under Connection, click on Settings.

jap ports

Click on Manual Proxy Configuration and enter in the same information. Check the box to use this proxy for all protocols. You can also download a cool plugin in Firefox called SwitchProxy that will allow you to quickly switch between JAP and normal browsing.

You should now be able to access blocked web sites while JAP is running. However, if you are at the office or at school and the only ports that are open are port 80, and 443, then JAP won’t work without a little more tweaking.

  • In JAP under “Config/InfoService“, change the port from 6543 to 80
  • Go to the “Config/Anonymity” page. Click on the “Fetch” button and choose the “Dresden-Dresden” cascade from the drop down menu.
  • Select the “Manual Configuration” radio button and change the Anon-Port from 6544 to 443

Now try to activate the anonymous web access. If you’re able to connect, you’ll now be able to browse web sites using the normal web access ports so even if your company or school blocks all other ports, you’ll still be able to access JAP.

Also, if your company forces you to access the web through a proxy server, then you’ll need to configure that in JAP. You can see if you have to go through a proxy server by checking out the values in the above LAN settings section. If it’s greyed out with something already in there when you tried to change it to 127.0.0.1, that means you’re going through a proxy server.

In that case, in JAP you need to do the following:

  • Activate the checkbox under “Config/Proxy-Firewall” and enter the address of the required proxy. Some proxies require a user authorization. If this is the case, activate the appropriate checkbox and enter the User ID. (First try it without authorization and only do this step if it doesn’t work.)
  • Under “Config/InfoService“, change the port number from 6543 to “80″.
  • Go to the “Config/Anonymity” page. Click on the “Fetch” button and choose the “Dresden-Dresden” cascade from the drop down menu.

You should now be able to connect to the JAP service and access any web site that you like! If that was too technical or something was not explained clearly, please post a comment and I will try to help as much as possible! Enjoy!

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59 Responses to “How to access blocked web sites from school, office, or work using JAP”

  1. cybersix said on : December 28th, 2007 at 6:33 am

    i’m gonna try this one..before this..i’m using proxy to access unblock site..


  2. Paul S. said on : December 28th, 2007 at 4:04 pm

    One problem I found, though. I don’t have administrator rights which means I can’t download any programs. Actually, I can download them, I just can’t install them.


  3. akishore said on : December 28th, 2007 at 4:36 pm

    Cybersix, did it work out for you??

    Paul – That is a problem! I don’t think there really is any way to get around it unless you can someone convince someone to let you log on as Administrator for some reason! Sorry!


  4. Madhur Kapoor said on : January 1st, 2008 at 1:40 am

    This tool is great. A fav among hostel students like me.


  5. kristen said on : January 9th, 2008 at 1:58 pm

    i want to get on myspace but its blocked can you help????????


  6. akishore said on : January 9th, 2008 at 3:34 pm

    Kristen,

    Did you try out the steps above to access the block MySpace site?


  7. tasha said on : January 15th, 2008 at 6:51 am

    hey has any1 got any websites to gte on bebo all the prokys are blockd help me


  8. matt said on : January 18th, 2008 at 3:38 am

    i need help getting on bebo


  9. tasha said on : February 1st, 2008 at 5:05 am

    even if i do get on the website i want i cant read my emails help me plz


  10. Betty said on : March 2nd, 2008 at 7:02 pm

    I tried that… But it didn’t work! Why? Anyway i think it’s better to allow other people do their job and help us with our problems. So I’ve got OpenVPN account from strongvpn.com it’s paid one, but with their perfect support it’s not a big problem.


  11. Stephen LaFond said on : April 2nd, 2008 at 7:50 am

    Check out proxylord.com to access blocked web sites. It is very fast and secure. Works on Youtube also!


  12. curly said on : April 11th, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    i want to go on myspace at school, but they blocked it!! ive tried using proxy servers but they all seemed to be blocked!! i want to try JAP out but idk if it will get me in trouble help plz!!


  13. Abhinav said on : April 13th, 2008 at 10:49 pm

    m not able to connect to connect to any web site in my office…. mozilla says that The proxy server is refusing connections…. plz let me know what to do??????


  14. kayla said on : April 29th, 2008 at 12:23 pm

    how to accsess bolocked sites


  15. vaibhav said on : May 1st, 2008 at 12:51 am

    it is very good software………..
    but how it can be downloaded ……….
    send me on my google account ……


  16. BryanAnderson said on : May 6th, 2008 at 7:08 am

    How to access blocked web sites from school, office, or work using JAP


  17. faisal said on : May 14th, 2008 at 1:02 am

    the software itself is blocked!!! how can i download it???


  18. MoiN said on : June 13th, 2008 at 2:27 pm

    Great article


  19. Nitish said on : June 14th, 2008 at 3:59 am

    Due to blocking of some sites JAP Software unable to download,pls give other alternative


  20. Rachelle said on : July 9th, 2008 at 7:04 am

    heyy i wanna get on myspacee in school cann yaa helpp :D :) x x ???? x x


  21. sindu said on : July 18th, 2008 at 4:55 am

    can network admin find about this proxy server


  22. snowwhite said on : July 22nd, 2008 at 10:42 am

    Hi… Will this work if i want to access skype? I stay in a hostel and chat applications are blocked. I cant even take to my family online. :(


  23. satsih said on : July 23rd, 2008 at 9:23 am

    hi in my college youtube is blocked how to acces tat site.


  24. sandip said on : August 1st, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    i am not able to download jap from this site it is also blocked. then wht shuld i do to acess the blocked site


  25. Cynthia said on : October 22nd, 2008 at 9:32 am

    how do i get on myspace at school i know how to but the have blocked the website that used to work please help and tell me how to get on myspace on school!!!!!!!


  26. melissa said on : January 15th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    how can i get past k9?


  27. macross said on : January 17th, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    plz help me to access blocked sites..i work here in saudi arabia and its not cool man to blocked all the sites i wanna view..i cant even download jap software because their also blocked this site..what should i do??anyway imh using a modem dial-up connection, is their a way that i can access normally without being blocked by their gov.
    help help!!tnx..


  28. regiannia said on : January 22nd, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    thanks so much


  29. jaime said on : February 5th, 2009 at 8:45 pm

    This is really stupid in my opinion. It doesnt really work, you cant access websites. A big waste of my time dont, my advice skip this website, false hope


  30. Kriston said on : April 20th, 2009 at 8:05 am

    My ipod nano screen has no display and beeps twice. How do i fix it? =[


  31. cyberspace said on : May 12th, 2009 at 10:57 am

    Ive tried all the other website bypassers but they are blocked now


  32. me said on : July 7th, 2009 at 1:06 pm

    the website for the software is blocked, is there any way to get it anywhere else?


  33. nix said on : July 8th, 2009 at 1:20 am

    someone please help me..
    I want to access facebook but its blockd by a software called blue coat K9 web protection…
    how do i get past it?


  34. CMASTER said on : July 31st, 2009 at 1:07 pm

    Tried JAP,but it didnt work. i don’t know whether their is problem with my configuration. Your-freedom client does work. Freedom is good. check out the configuration at saltcity-pg.blogspot.com or email me: cmasterpg7@gmail.com for configuration of your freedom client


  35. lola cutie said on : September 21st, 2009 at 1:06 pm

    I want to be able to access MySpace from school! How do I do that?


  36. Daniela said on : October 14th, 2009 at 1:07 pm

    I’m trying this at the office… but there’s a little thing… they have blocked the streaming of radios and videos… so I can see the youtube website, but can’t play any videos… they look like they are loading… I also tried to listen to a radio station online… but there’s no sound… is there anything I can do about this?


  37. Bill said on : October 15th, 2009 at 1:18 pm

    I’m tring to get passed blocked sites cause this class sucks.


  38. Mark said on : November 16th, 2009 at 8:53 am

    I just read this post and it’s funny how many people are running into these problems. My company started blocking these sites recently so I created a proxy on my own network to fix the problem. Feel free to use it.

    ProxyHeaven.CN

    Mark Hanover


  39. Sandy said on : December 3rd, 2009 at 12:20 am

    The best method I’ve tried so far is Freedur, it’s an easy proxy software to setup and it’s very reliable in accessing blocked websites.


  40. Gale said on : December 10th, 2009 at 10:35 am

    I tried this at my school, but they have everything blocked, so I can’t even access the software you mentioned to unblock sites!


  41. Yankee said on : January 12th, 2010 at 4:27 pm

    READ THE F***ING ARTICLE! THERE ARE STEPS WITH THE FOOL-PROOF DIAGRAMS! There’s at least 5 dumbasses that skip the content of the article and skip directly to the comments page that beg and ask for help.


  42. Trent said on : January 19th, 2010 at 10:20 pm

    I want to download Jap but when I click to download, the page comes up blocked so I dont even get the chance to download it. Any suggestions…?


  43. PRAMOD said on : February 18th, 2010 at 1:21 am

    Doesn’t work on IE or FF. They both stop working.


  44. gobi said on : March 2nd, 2010 at 4:56 am

    my college blocked rapidshare, orkut, download from rapidshare, and lots more. How to access those sites?


  45. Vijay said on : March 10th, 2010 at 3:59 am

    Sorry I can’t do this because I am working in a company and I should respect the companies regulations too and I think all of you should do the same. Just browse the Internet on your personal time instead of bypassing their systems.


  46. Michael said on : March 28th, 2010 at 6:51 am

    You can use this website to unlock Facebook, Orkut, Bebo , MySpace, YouTube, Twitter and other social networking sites and gaming sites from school and work.

    maverickeyes.com

    No need to install any software.

    Its fast and simple.

    Enjoy.


  47. Krish said on : April 5th, 2010 at 2:47 am

    My college management is too smart… it doesn’t even allow to download an executable file which mean I can’t download JAP. Can anyone help me?


  48. Shannt said on : April 8th, 2010 at 12:24 am

    So this software will help me bypass any Internet blocks setup by my company?


  49. Billy said on : April 8th, 2010 at 12:08 pm

    None of this worked and I still can’t access any sites at school. Crap.


  50. bryce said on : April 13th, 2010 at 12:18 pm

    i cant download JAP because the link i clicked is blocked! now what? :(


  51. Andy said on : May 4th, 2010 at 10:46 am

    Download the portable application from the JAP website from a computer that is NOT blocked (your own, a friend’s, etc.), load it on your flash drive, and then start it from the flash drive on a blocked computer.


  52. mani said on : May 8th, 2010 at 11:42 am

    I cannot access a certain website at my school and this didn’t work! Now what? Please help!


  53. Agunmu said on : May 19th, 2010 at 10:57 am

    Thanks guys, i was able to browse facebook with ease…. Thanks so much guys


  54. Hey idiots!!! said on : May 31st, 2010 at 10:40 am

    Any of you people who keep asking : “Can you help me?” Read the damned article. My god. In short, this is what you have to do: Grab a paper, grab a pen.
    On that paper, write:
    >>Google>>JAP>>Download>>Install.

    (while in internet explorer browser):
    >>Tools>>Internet Options>>Connections
    >>Click Settings (under LAN Settings)>>Proxy Server.
    While in Proxy Server Section, type:
    (In the Address area): 127.0.0.1
    (In the Port area): 4001
    >>Accept.
    That should work and you should be able to web surf anonymously and be able to go onto your blocked sites :D Now stop being idiots and read the damned article. Then youll get a sense of WTF you’re doing :D


  55. tammy said on : June 9th, 2010 at 4:34 am

    this is crap! i’ve tried every web unblocker and proxy site not one of them works! I need help :s


  56. BillS said on : June 17th, 2010 at 7:09 pm

    This is a free site but if you want to try a pay for service, you can try something like mypersonalbrowser.com. It creates a web browser on a remote computer and you can surf freely there. Just a thought, but not free.


  57. Michael M said on : November 3rd, 2010 at 9:59 am

    Hey this is a nice post. I prefer the free proxy websites.


  58. Mike said on : September 13th, 2011 at 8:27 am

    I always use this when I travel to China:

    highspeedvpn.com

    Most proxies are already blocked there. VPN seems to work better and I think it`s harder to block.


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