[GRLUG] Linux @ school.

[Jesse Munroe]

Here is a good site for advice about circumventing network censorship.  It
also has a tutorial on how to build your own proxy server using your home
computer. http://www.peacefire.org

On 9/26/06, Ben Rousch <brousch at orthicomp.com> wrote:
>
> I pity those poor high school admins. They don't stand a chance against
> you
> resourceful students.
>
> I have been playing with http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ for booting from
> USB
> drives.
>
> As for Windows (Samba) network access, I recommend
> http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/smbfs/ . You can use it to mount a
> samba network share similar to mounting USB drive.
>
> On Tuesday 26 September 2006 22:20, Jorge La wrote:
> > Currently, my high school has these upto date Dells running XP and a
> server
> > that blocks gmail, myspace, and anything else that's fun. Currently, I
> have
> > a SSH server in NJ which im using to make a SSH tunnel to visit gmail,
> > myspace, fark and whatever else :). I have Putty on my network drive at
> > school, but i find that booting from Linux Live is much more useful and
> > powerful then XP. So, I need some nput and advice with Linux Live.
> >
> > Eventhough the machines are upto date, about 1/4 of the CD drives are
> > broken (because someone pushed them in when the PC was off) and the Live
> CD
> > boots up slow, becasue the readspeeds on the CD drives are s-l-o-w. The
> > BIOS does support booting from USB flashdrives, which is much faster,
> but
> > the I get mix results when i boot SLAX from USB. Some PCs would be able
> to
> > load X, and some wont.
> > I've been wondering about making a QEMU live CD/USB? but the thing is, I
> > dont have access to the cmd line because im not a privilege user  :-/
> >
> > Also, how do i get access to my network drive from linux? Currently,
> when
> > you get onto the PC, it asks you for your network usename and password.
> > After logging in to windows, you'll get access to your K: drive (network
> > drive). I'll be nice to have access to my K: drive in linux too ;)
> >
> > If you need more information about my school's set up, just ask, and
> i'll
> > probally give it to you, or ask you how to get that info :)
>
> --
> - Ben Rousch
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