Ask Slashdot: Dealing With University Firewalls? 582
An anonymous reader writes "My university only provides access to the web, via a restrictive content filter and proxy service. There is no access to the wider internet. I was wondering if this is common, and if anyone has any suggestions on how to go about protesting the issue. I've spoken to the lecturers and they have the same frustrations I do. I've also spoken to the head of the IT department who spouted lines about 'protecting the network.' This is very frustrating, I've seen a number of students making use of 3G/4G dongles to get access to the net and this just seems crazy. The restrictions applied to the web are draconian, with sites such as hackaday, hypberbole and a half, somethingawful, etc being blocked." What would you do to get better access?
Re:I Would Also Like To Know Who It Is (Score:4, Funny)
But it's their connection! Therefore, they are exempt from all criticism and he should do nothing if he disagrees with their policies.
Are you studying Computer Science or Programming? (Score:5, Funny)
If so ...
This is the basic test to see if you are worth letting back for the second semester. /. I suggest your consider a different career path.
As you have posted this question on
As you obviously want other technical people to get you out of trouble and solve all of your problems for you, I suggest you look at Sales and or Marketing.
Something tells me you have a natural aptitude for either of these.
Re:University IT usually gets run by morons (Score:5, Funny)
Students always know about barley. After all, their favorite drink is made using it.
Re:It's their bandwidth ... (Score:4, Funny)
The purpose of an IT department is to provide a service to the organization, not to make the organization bend over to the IT dept.
Thousands of corporate ITers just spit coffee onto their monitors.