More and more offices and schools block favorite social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut, Myspace, Bebo and so on using web filters and firewalls. There are a several ways to get around  the firewall or web filter run by your corporate office or schools. One of the methods you can do to unblock websites at schools, At work or in countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates where Goverments impose internet censorship is using tunneling software. Well, there are a bunch of them, but this time I will discuss a very handy application that lets you circumvent restrictive web filters and unblock website

JAP / JonDo enabled its users to unblock websites and  stay anonymous on the internet by giving access to strong anonymization systems. It hides the users IP address from internet site operators, network administrators ,  intelligence agencies and even the operators of the accessed anonymization systems.
Each application that should be anonymized has to be configured separately for using JAP / JonDo.

Unblock website with JAP/JONDO, Step-by-Step Guide

Step one : Download and install JAP/Jondo you can download its installer here

ling Jap to unblock website

Step two: Skip the Setup Wizard and  Configure JAP by clicking on configure button:

Configuring JAP/JONDO

Step Three : Configure “Network” by putting proxy , port and authentication details  (if you have to login to proxy with username) if you are accessing the internet behind a company or school, leave it unchanged it you are connecting to the web directly. Set the proxy type to Http/Https as most web servers use this proxy type unless you’re behind other types of proxy such as SOCK proxy.

JAP Jondo Installation

Step Four : Choose JAP anonymity services by clicking on “Anonymity”   “Reload” button respectively and then  click on the dropdown menu under “JonDonym”, select the services type you want to connect to as shown in the picture bellow:

unblocking websites with JAP

There are basically three types of services to choose from to unblock websites with JAP : free service , premium service, customized services (services added by you) and custom Filter.

Now suppose that you choose to use Free service select the “Free Service” and next select from the dropdown menu the free services that you can connect to , select one that is available as shown bellow:

set anonymity

Step Five : Click on the OK Button, now you’re connected to JAP free services server  , don’t forget to set anonymity to “on” :

Final step : Now you have connected to the JAP server bypassing your local proxy/ firewall, the final step is to configure your browser and application to use the following proxy and port to unblock websites you wish to surf:

Proxy : 127.0.0.1

Port : 4001


see the following screenshot to see browser settings   :

That’s all you can now get around firewall to surf the web anonymously and  unblock websites easily

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