How to open a blocked page. Setting up Google Public DNS

From other people, but we often find ourselves in their place. And if many are still willing to put up with the inaccessibility of certain websites at work, then at home - excuse me. However, neither timely payment home Internet, neither civil rights nor free speech guarantee our unfettered access to all web content. Resources included in the register of prohibited in Russia, for example, many popular torrent trackers, are closed from us with seven locks.

Fortunately, blocking sites, even at the provider level, is not a bastion. No matter how hard Roskomnadzor tries, we will still find the keys to them. Today you will learn how to access a site blocked by everyone accessible ways without breaking the law.

An anonymizer is an intermediary node (web proxy) between the user and the target resource, designed to anonymous surfing network, as well as access to blocked sites.

How anonymizers help bypass blocking: when opening any Internet page, the request is transmitted to the provider’s devices, where the name and IP of the site are checked against blacklists. If access to the resource is open, the request is sent to the target server and the browser downloads the content. If closed, the provider redirects the user to a stub page. For MTS it looks like this:

Beeline has this:

Other providers have their own way, but the essence of the message is the same: access to the site is prohibited. And period.

When accessing the same node through an anonymizer network devices The provider sees only the anonymizer data. And since it is not on the black list, nothing limits the loading of the target resource.

Using the anonymizer is very simple:

• open its page;
• In the “Open” field, enter the URL of the target site and click the go button.

Unfortunately, today many popular anonymizers are also blocked. Only the most harmless ones remain - intended for opening VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Facebook and other similar portals that are usually not allowed to be visited at work. And of those that help unblock Roskomnadzor blacklist sites, the absolute majority are closed.

At the end of January and beginning of February 2017, the following free anonymizers are available:

• NoBlockMe - provides alternative access to social networks and LiveJournal.
• Pingway - for access to social networks and YoutTube.
• Anonim.pro - unblocks social networks, YouTube, dating sites, Avito, Tanki online.
• Anonymous
• Anonymizer.ru - for any Internet resources.
• Guardster is also for everything.

When opening a website through an anonymizer, you may encounter problems:

• Incomplete loading of content. The page may open without pictures, audio or video, buttons may not be pressed, menus may not work, etc.
• Displaying pages in a distorted form - with blocks shifted, text creeping into pictures, etc., up to complete unreadability.
• Inaccessibility of web resources that transmit data via the https protocol.
• Excessively intrusive display of advertising - huge banners, pop-up windows, constant transfers to other web resources. Possible hidden installation on the computer adware (from the word adware - advertising software) and spyware, which will then have to be fought for a long time.

To reduce the likelihood of this, use anonymizers tailored for the content you need, for example, social media. Or use other methods to bypass the blocking.

Browser tricks

Regular web browsers do not have special tools that allow you to open blocked sites, but there are options for which this action is a “side” action. In Opera and Yandex Browser, such a tool is the Turbo traffic saving mode. So, if you want to speed up the opening of slowly loading pages, you will get nice bonus in the form of free access, for example, on Rutracker.org.

In Opera, the Turbo option is enabled in the main menu.

In Yandex Browser - in the main settings.

On Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox There is no Turbo mode, but Google Translate may be useful for our purposes. The translated site opens in a separate frame, and access to it is no longer blocked.

If you have never used Google translator, let us explain how to do this: insert into the left window Page URL, which you want to open, and select the original language. Even if the page is in Russian, the original should be set to a foreign language, for example, English language, and the translation language is Russian. Then click the “Translate” button.

The result of opening Rutrecker.org, as can be seen in the screenshot, is quite decent.

Another way to bypass site blocking is to enter not a name, but an IP address in the address bar of the browser, which Whois services will help determine. For example, this one.

Unfortunately, browser “tricks” are not 100% effective: Google does not translate some sites, and in Turbo mode they also remain blocked, not only by name, but also by IP.

Special browser extensions

If you are unable to access the site own funds browser, a third-party extension will help solve the problem. One of the most popular tools for this purpose is FriGate (the link is given to the Chrome store, but it exists for other browsers).

FriGate encrypts and redirects some of your web browser traffic through own VPN server. This not only restores access to sites when blocked, but also speeds up the connection.

In addition to FriGate, there are many more similar functions. free extensions. Here are some of them:

Some of them require configuration after installation, for example, creating custom lists web resources and rules, the other part has only an on/off button and nothing more. Some extensions provide a choice of 3-4 available proxy servers, others do not. Use what suits you best, since there are many options. At least one will work.

Free VPN clients for Windows and other platforms

The main purpose of a VPN is to create closed communication channels to protect network traffic from leakage and outside access. However, this technology is also used to visit blocked Internet pages. Unlike anonymizers that redirect a request to one site in the right direction, and browser extensions that pass traffic from one web browser through a proxy, VPN applications direct to closed channel all network traffic computer.

Access services VPN servers through a client program, usually paid (cost $1-50 per month depending on bandwidth channel and availability additional options), but there are several free ones.

The best free VPN client for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and mobile platforms, according to the author, is CyberGhost 6. Here are its most significant advantages in comparison with analogues:

• There are no traffic volume restrictions. Majority free applications This format limits traffic to approximately 500 mb per month or for the entire period of use. If you need more, sign up for a paid subscription.
• Quite high connection speed. The bulk free VPN reduce it to a minimum.
• Big choice available servers throughout to the globe. Many free analogues They offer only one server, which is located somewhere in the USA and is constantly overloaded.
• Several pre-installed profiles for different tasks (only half are available without payment, but this is quite enough for most tasks).
• Can be used to access any type of web resource. Supports almost all types of traffic: streaming video, online games, social networks, etc., limits p2p.
• Easy to learn for beginners.
• Russified.

To get to a closed site using CyberGhost 6, just launch the program and select one of the available profiles.

When you select the anonymous surfing option (yellow tile), you just need to set the browser boot mode (normal or incognito) and specify the desired VPN server.

When choosing to unblock basic websites (blue tile), you just need to click on the corresponding icon.

Tor browser), which implements onion routing technology for Internet traffic.

The principle of data transmission over the Tor network differs from the usual one in that all transmitted information is encrypted multiple times (layer-by-layer) and follows a randomly built chain of proxy servers absolutely anonymously. Neither the intermediate node nor the end node receives information about the sender of the request and the route of the traffic. Each server reads exactly the information that is necessary to transmit the packet to the next node (figuratively removes its own layer of onion peel). Such a system provides the user with maximum privacy and makes tracking his traffic, if not impossible, then very difficult.

Not a single method of blocking web resources can withstand the onslaught of Tor. But only if Tor itself is not closed. Unfortunately, in Kazakhstan and Belarus, many connections of this wonderful instrument are blocked at the state level. In fact, this makes it impossible for the majority of the inhabitants of these countries to use it.

Tor is not yet banned in Russia, and its use does not threaten you with any sanctions.

Do you like that someone decides for you what sites to visit, what to read, what to watch, what to download, who to communicate with and how to live? Definitely not for me. Meanwhile, the practice of blocking web resources for certain offenses is spreading wider and wider.

Almost every week we hear about the closure of one or another Internet portal from Russian visitors. Plus, employers make their contribution. We won’t sit idly by looking at this! Let's talk about how to bypass website blocking in simple and free ways.

How to bypass website blocking: fast, easy and free

VPN

VPN(virtual private networks) are used not only for access to a corporate or private Intranet, but also for anonymity in “ World Wide Web" Unlike browser extensions, they pass all computer or local network traffic through a proxy.

To surf closed sites, you need to install a VPN application. Most of them, unfortunately, are paid, but I have selected a few free ones for you.

Best of free services The VPN in my opinion is Freemer.org. He:

• Russian-speaking.
• Understandable.
• Has no restrictions on traffic volume.
• Maintains a directory of frequently visited sites, which you can create yourself. You simply go to Freemer.org, add the desired web resource to the list, and after a while it appears in the application. This is more convenient than using browser bookmarks.
• Works automatically. Doesn't have manual settings, which means it won’t allow you to get confused or do something wrong.
• Always chooses the server that can provide the most stable and fast connection with the required web resource.
• Reliably protects your real IP and all transmitted data from leakage into the hands of strangers.

How to use Freemer

To add a blocked site to the Freemer directory, go to , enter its URL in the field shown in the screenshot and click the add button.

To go to any resource already included in the list, launch the application and click “ Site directory“. Or enter its URL in address bar and press " Find“.

Having found the desired website in the directory, simply click on its thumbnail. In a few seconds it will open on the same page.

Do you want to get to RuTracker.org? No problem! And by clicking on the star in the upper right corner of the window, you will add it to visual bookmarks Freemer browser.

To get additional information about any site from the catalog - description, search tags, screenshot home page, click on the thumbnail “ More details“.

For quick transition to this site from the description page click “ Play“. It's that simple!

Second on the list best VPN services I would bet that he:

• cross-platform – works under Windows, Linux, OS X, Android and iOS;
• carries out proxying through servers of different countries;
• does not place restrictions on the volume of traffic;
• provides good connection speed;
• reliably hides the user’s original data;
• makes it possible to replace information about the operating system and web browser.

Other VPN service apps:

Bypassing blocking with the help of anonymizers is convenient and beautiful, but not without a flaw. The disadvantage of all such services is limited support: for example, they are useless for accessing gaming and multimedia portals. Often they do not open multi-structured web resources well - with numerous scripts and complex transitions. It happens that the design of pages is distorted - blocks are shifted and text spreads out. In short, it is better to use anonymizers for what they are designed for.

Browser turbo mode

Turbo mode, which speeds up the loading of web content, is also used to access blocked sites. True, not to everyone and not everywhere. Working in turbo mode, the browser routes traffic not along the usual path, but through a proxy server (intermediate network node), where data compression occurs. Bypassing blocking is an undocumented feature and a nice gift for users.

Option " Turbo"is available by default in Opera, Yandex.Browser and some web browsers for mobile platforms. In others it must be installed as an extension.

In Opera, the turbo mode activation button is located in the main menu:

In Yandex.Browser, the function is enabled in the settings:

Turbo expansion for Google Chrome is called “” (Traffic Saving), and Mozilla Firefox, unfortunately, has no analogues today.

Browser extensions

To access blocked resources, it is convenient to use anonymizers in the form of browser extensions that direct web traffic first to proxy servers, and from there to the open spaces global network under changed IPs. So, if the site is closed to visitors from Russia, the IP address of another state will serve as the “key to the front door.”

The friGate CDN extension is designed to remove the blocking of resources that are subject to sanctions by government agencies, by the way, today our favorite ones are among them. The list of disgraced pages is stored in the application itself, and the user has the opportunity to add to it.

Proxy servers are located in different countries. When you open a prohibited page, a small window will show which country you are under the flag of. If you want to select a different server, click on the flag image.

friGate support Opera browsers, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

There are other extensions with similar functions:

Unlike friGate, Zenmate, Browsec and Hola encrypt and redirect all browser traffic to servers scattered around the world.

Tor

The last tool in today's review to bypass the blocking is. It uses “onion routing” technology, the essence of which is that all sent information is encrypted multiple times (layer-by-layer) and passes through a chain of intermediate nodes. This provides the highest level of anonymity and guarantees access to any blocked sites, although it significantly slows down communication.

Tor, as a rule, is not needed for constant network surfing, but when all opportunities to get to the treasured resource have been exhausted, only it can save you.

And one more question worries many: by using means of bypassing the blocking, are we breaking the law? No! None of what I talked about in the article is prohibited in Russia. By at least, today we do not face any punishment for this.

In Russia for Lately without sufficient public discussion, they adopted a set of laws that greatly facilitate the procedure for blocking any site. The Roskomnadzor organization, which directly sends instructions to providers to block their clients’ access to a particular site, willingly uses the vague wording of these laws. Special public response causes blocking of socially significant sites - large media outlets and blogs. “Yarovaya’s Law” became the next link in the chain.

Among the sites and services that were blocked and may not be accessible from Russia:

• Grani.ru and other independent media;
• Alexei Navalny's blog and websites of other democratic politicians and independent journalists;
• X-torrents, bobfilm.net, dream-film.net, kinokubik.com, kinozal.tv, kinobolt.ru, rutor.org, seedoff.net, torrentor.net, tushkan.net, tv.serial-online.net, wood-film.ru, rutracker.org (Rutreker!) and other torrent trackers;
• Lurkmore (“Lurk”);
• Dosug.cz (moved to Dosug.so);
• xhamster.com;
• Wikipedia;
• Telegram and the innocent victims of attempts to block it.

Although the initiative to block access comes from Roskomnadzor, the direct executors of its decisions are Internet providers. They are the ones who block access to objectionable pages and write “the resource at this IP address is blocked by decision of government authorities” (quote from Beeline).

Proxy, VPN and other ways to access blocked sites

The blocking by Roskomnadzor is of a very symbolic nature; I can compare it to a barrier in an open field. It works out quite simply. I have collected several ways to access sites that Russian Internet providers simply won’t let you see. Some of these methods, such as VPN and proxies, also help you use services that are not themselves available to Russian IPs. For example, "Pandora".

Browser turbo modes

Many browsers, including Yandex Browser and Opera, have a function for compressing Internet traffic. This was useful in times of slow or limited Internet traffic. When compression mode is enabled, traffic does not go directly from the site to your browser, but passes through third party server, which squeezes him. Roskomnadzor prohibited the provider from showing us the server at the address where the site is located. But using turbo mode, we get pages with special server browser over which Roskomnadzor has no control.

To watch “forbidden” sites, turn on “Turbo” modes in the Yandex or Opera browser. I heard similar modes exist in Chrome and Firefox.

This is what the turbo mode button looks like in Opera:

This is how it looks in Yandex browser:

Proxy servers

These are servers that, like browser compression servers, redirect traffic through themselves. Unlike VPNs, they do not encrypt it and do not pass through all the data. Unlike turbo modes, they do not compress it. However, if you use a proxy, you will see sites blocked by Roskomnadzor, because your computer will directly connect to the proxy server, and not to the server where the site is located.

Lists of free proxies can be found on sites that collect them. These servers may be down, slow, or short-lived, but they are free. You can also buy access to paid proxies on the Internet. But I don’t focus on this, because I prefer VPN.

Sites that collect free proxies: Hide My Ass, Proxy4Free.com, Proxy-list.org.

To connect through a proxy server, install the FoxyProxy plugin (Firefox, Chrome) or its equivalent in your browser. Enter the proxy server IP address and port in the plugin settings and use it. The window in which you need to enter them looks like this:

If you have not specifically looked for a SOCKS proxy or do not know what it is, do not check the box next to “SOCKS proxy”.

Anonymizers

Anonymizer is a site that opens the page you need in a frame, first loading it onto itself and then showing it to the user. Such services are popular among office workers whose social networks are blocked. This is the fastest available option on my list.

Some anonymizers that I knew before or found for this post:

To open a page with an anonymizer, paste its address into a special field on its website. In addition, one of Russian services proxy has collected a large list of anonymizers, among which he has identified the best.

Search engine caches

Unlike you and me, most large search engines are based outside of Russia. So do their search bots. This means that they have access to everything that Roskomnadzor has blocked inside Russia. And they store it in cache. In particular, our Dutch Yandex perfectly displays a post from Navalny’s LiveJournal, written after the blog was blocked. To have access to the entire site, you can enter, for example, “kasparov.ru” into the search and see a list of pages. The downside here is that navigating the site can be quite cumbersome, and the home page cache may be out of date and not display recently added content.

Tor Browser

When Roskomnadzor blocked Navalny’s blog, for many this was the last straw, and people became interested in Tor technology. This is a decentralized network of Internet nodes in which data passes from the server to the user long haul, eventually track specific user turns out to be impossible. To a greater extent, this system is convenient for those who want to hide their true IP for some reason. The ability to read sites blocked by your ISP is a side effect of this feature. Those who installed recently Tor browser, found that pages open through it very slowly.

RSS/Email Subscription

If you have a specific site blocked by Roskomnadzor that you want to read, add its RSS broadcast to Yandex feed, another RSS aggregator, or set up receiving updates by e-mail. In most cases you can not use RSS address-stream, but the address of the site itself. The service itself will recognize the RSS feed and add it.

Some RSS aggregators:

• https://theoldreader.com/ - successor of the deceased Google reader

Among the services for sending RSS to email, in addition to Yandex feed, the only one that comes to mind is Blogtrottr. There you will have to insert not the address of a blog or other site, but the RSS address. In the case of Navalny's LiveJournal, this will be. That is, if you are dealing with LJ, you will need to add data/rss at the end. Anton Nosik described his experience with Yandex feed in pictures.

VPN

This abbreviation stands for virtual private network. You are probably already connected to your ISP using this technology. With its help, you can establish one Internet connection inside another (VPN tunnel). The external one may be unprotected, but the internal one, as a rule, is encrypted to a special server. As a result, the user receives the Internet on his computer not directly, but through a remote server, which can be located anywhere in the world and have a non-Russian IP.

I prefer VPN technology to all the methods of bypassing restrictions mentioned in my list, because with it the connection speed is reduced slightly, and the traffic is securely and completely encrypted. Unlike, for example, proxies, which do not encrypt traffic and do not close it on themselves. Encryption up to remote server in another country means that on the way to and from it, no one will be able to know what pages you are looking at. On the opposite side of the wire, no one will be able to find out who viewed the site and from where.

There are many VPN services, high speed and reliability is provided only by paid ones. However, Alexander Plyushchev found some kind of VPN service for a mobile phone that gives the first 500 MB at full speed.

For myself, I chose the VPN Private Internet Access provider (since I am their client, I will receive a small reward for registrations through the links in this post, but this does not affect the fact that I have been using them for the fourth year).

• First of all, he is American. The USA is one of the few civilized countries that seriously defends the right of people to privacy and confidentiality of correspondence. Europe cannot boast of this, so I have not heard of VPN providers from there.
• Secondly, PIA has mobile client and Windows application. They are very convenient: they connect automatically, reconnect when the connection is lost (relevant for mobile internet), allow you to quickly select one of 20 servers in different parts of the world.
• Thirdly, PIA doesn't store logs for a specific user, but only stores them all together (perhaps now it doesn’t store them at all). And although its rules include a clause about disabling for illegal activities, the provider has deprived itself of the ability to identify the specific user who is engaged in it. As Private Internet Access creator Andrew Lee said, “We don't keep logs, period.”
• Fourth, PIA is serious fights for internet freedom: He openly joined the coalition of Internet companies against the SOPA and PIPA bills. These are approximate analogues of our laws on blocking sites on suspicion of piracy or other illegal activities. In the United States, public organizations, Internet companies and simple people forced Congress to vote against these bills, although the majority of its members were initially in favor.
• Fifthly, for PIA you can pay anonymously. I don’t use this opportunity, but now I was glad to see on the website that they began to accept gift Visa cards and Mastercard. These are cards with a fixed amount that can be bought in stores and banks. In addition, there is a whole market for such cards on the Internet. PIA also accepts Bitcoin.

other methods

Other solutions would include the Hola browser extension. This service, as far as I understand, is based on VPN technologies and leverages its user base to achieve greater Thor-style anonymity. It is free and allows you to manually select the IP nationality. In addition, the service compresses traffic and has applications for mobile phones.

Update: Another similar extension is http://fri-gate.org/ru/.

Conclusion

The most important thing to understand about blocking sites on the Internet is that it does not exist. You can block access to a site using your provider, you can block its hosting or domain, but never the site. Because for every provider there is a VPN, for every hosting - another hosting, for every domain registrar - another domain registrar in another country with different rules. This is the essence of the Internet, this is how it was designed. And he will always be like this. This is Pandora's box, opened in 1991. The only way to ban something here is to turn off the electricity.

Allowing competent authorities to block access to any Internet resources on the territory of Russia out of court. Officials were given the opportunity to arbitrarily close for users within the country absolutely any site that, for reasons known only to them, seemed “unreliable” and “extremist.” This was clearly demonstrated with all determination and cynicism.

In the early nineties, we naively believed that the times of censorship and persecution for thought crimes were far in the Soviet past, but today in Russia lists of banned books and “extremist materials” are actively being compiled and people are being persecuted who dared to publicly declare their disagreement with the “only true” official point of view. De facto, the fundamental articles 29 and 31 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, declaring freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of information and demonstration, and article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, declaring freedom of information one of the most important political and personal human rights, have been abolished.

Under these conditions, we are forced to return to the topic of bypassing blocking of Internet resources - in order to restore the inalienable constitutional right of citizens of the Russian Federation to freely receive and disseminate information.

1. “Turbo mode” in Opera and “Yandex.Browser”

The simplest and still quite effective method to access sites blocked by your provider is to use the “Turbo” mode built into the Opera and Yandex.Browser browsers. Initially, this mode was intended to speed up page loading on slow connections: traffic from the requested Internet resource is first transmitted to the browser’s Internet servers, where it is compressed and optimized, and only then transmitted to the client’s computer.

In addition to real loading acceleration, this mode allows you to access blocked resources, since for the provider such traffic looks like data from harmless servers, so “Turbo” simultaneously acts as a free proxy anonymizer that does not require any settings at all.

To enable the “Turbo” mode in Opera, you just need to click on the corresponding icon in the lower left corner of the window, and in “Yandex.Browser” you need to go to the settings, click on the “Show” button additional settings» at the bottom of the page and find the “Turbo” item.

The problem is that sooner or later the Opera and Yandex Browser servers themselves may be blocked at the provider level, and this function will simply become unavailable. Moreover, in the case of Yandex, whose servers are located on the territory of the Russian Federation, pages that are blocked for display in our country by the content provider itself may not open, which we can already see now: Alexei Navalny’s LiveJournal opens perfectly in Opera (via foreign servers), while Yandex.Browser displays a “stub” about its blocking in Russia.

2. Stealthy and friGate plugins for Chrome and Firefox browsers

If you use Chrome browsers or Firefox, then to access blocked resources you can install the Stealthy plugin, which ensures the passage of traffic through foreign anonymous proxy servers. To enable the plugin, just click on the corresponding button: green color means Stealthy mode is enabled, red means it is disabled.

Stealthy also has a free online service, but it is less convenient and for some reason does not work as reliably as the plugin.

The main disadvantage of any web proxies is a significant reduction in access and page loading speeds.

4. Virtual Private Network (VPN)

A radical way to gain access to any Internet resources without restrictions is to set up a virtual private network(Virtual private network, VPN). Typically, VPNs encrypt all traffic sent through them and redirect it through a whole chain of servers, which provides very high level anonymity (unfortunately, not absolute, since many VPN providers undertake to cooperate with law enforcement agencies, which is separately noted in the user agreement).

In most cases, a VPN is payable service, however, there are also simplified services that provide the user with minimal functionality for free. In particular, VPNBook offers completely free services your virtual private network with support for cross-platform OpenVPN technologies or the PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) point-to-point tunneling protocol. Both of them are not secure enough if intelligence agencies or professional hackers are interested in you, but for regular user quite suitable.

The VPNBook service does not require registration or account creation. Moreover, if you intend to use the PPTP protocol, then you do not even need to install any additional software. Enough in the settings network connections operating system (Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Android, IOS, PS3 are supported) select a new connection and enter the parameters specified on the VPNBook website. Some providers block the PPTP VPN protocol, in which case you will have to download and install free client OpenVPN, which allows you to bypass this limitation and operates through standard TCP protocols or UDP.

5. Tor Browser

“A classic of the genre” – the Tor browser, which works based on “onion routing” technology. Its meaning is that all transmitted data is repeatedly encrypted and decrypted, passing through a sequence of “onion routers”, each of which redirects it to random routers on the Internet. As a result, the need for guaranteed reliability of each of these routers is lost, since it is impossible to determine where the data was originally transmitted from. Of course, like any other, this technology also has vulnerabilities, but if used correctly, it guarantees a very high level of security.

6. I2P network

An alternative to the Tor network is the second most famous anonymous decentralized distributed network I2P. It is a kind of add-on, a “network within a network,” a set of encrypted tunnels that provide a high level of anonymity and security for all users. I2P provides the ability to access resources both within the network itself and on the “external” Internet, for which, like Tor, special gateways are used.

To access sites via HTTP, you will need to download and install the I2P service and then configure your browser to use an HTTP proxy on IP 127.0.0.1 via port 4444. Detailed instructions, links and descriptions of I2P network capabilities can be found in the files included with the service distribution. Not bad brief instructions installation and configuration instructions can be found

Hi all! I’m in touch with you again, Alexey. In this short post you will learn how to access a site blocked by Roskomnadzor. Quite interesting isn't it? You've probably come across resources on the Internet that you couldn't open.

Sometimes it happens that some resource becomes inaccessible on the Internet by decision of Roskomnadzor. And as a result, you cannot load the site because it is blocked by your ISP. For example, the same torrent tracker rutracker.org was blocked at the request of copyright holders. That was a year ago and to this day he remains blocked in Russia. You can check it yourself. This is what it looks like:

In general, after reading this article, you will be able to access absolutely any site. It also happens that some foreign resources are limited in access to visitors from other countries. Or, for example, you are abroad, and you need to open your favorite website that is not available.

So how can you learn to open blocked sites? There is more than one way. Although the principle is the same, but in a different execution. Now I’ll tell you everything, read on.

What is the principle?

As I already said, the principle is the same, but the execution is different. In order to download a blocked resource, you must be in another country. Who would move for such a trifle? Nobody. This is why, and not only why, there are so-called intermediaries. That is, this is a computer that will be located in another country and that will be able to transfer its traffic to us. They are called proxy servers. There is also VPN networks. All this can be paid or free. Actually, this way we will get access to any site. This is the principle - to use an intermediary between the user and the Internet.

A proxy allows several computers to access the Internet through one, which is actually a proxy server. That is, you can configure local network at home or at work by connecting several computers, one of which will have Internet access. Special software is required for implementation. I won't go into details. I just wanted you to know about this. Additional information about the essence of a proxy, so to speak.

WITH VPN networks a little different. This is a completely different technology, but nevertheless it will be an intermediary. You will enter a private network and exit into a global one

Turbo mode in Opera and Yandex Browser

The easiest way to open a blocked resource is to turn on turbo mode. IN normal mode the browser acts directly, immediately accessing the server of the site you need. If the turbo mode function is enabled, then your web browser accesses the Opera or Yandex Browser servers. Depending on what you are using. The server accepts the request and “goes” to load the web page for you. After downloading, it transfers it to you. This is how it works somehow. In addition to this feature, the servers will compress the traffic transmitted to you. Actually, this is the main purpose of this opportunity. It's not called "Turbo" for nothing

True, this does not always work if you are going to load sites through the Yandex browser. This is all due to the fact that some Yandex servers are located in Russia. Therefore, such a trick may not work. But you can always add an add-on and not think about it. By the way, since I started talking about extensions, I suggest you read the post here. There I talked about add-ons for Yandex Browser.

How to enable turbo mode in Opera: Click on "Menu" in the top left corner of the screen and select "Opera Turbo".

How to enable turbo mode in Yandex Browser: Enter in url string — browser://settings and go down to the very end without opening " Extra options" Check the "Always" box. Or go to the link browser://tune and activate the mode.

Special browser extensions

Eat special extensions, which help you change your IP address. When enabled, the web browser accesses the site server through a proxy. I have provided examples of extensions below.

• For Firefox: anonymoX
• For Opera: ZenMate VPN
• For Yandex Browser and Chrome: FriGate

FriGate is already in the list of add-ons in the Yandex web browser. You just need to activate it. Go to the address browser://tune and turn it on.

For Chrome or Yandex Browser users, I suggest using an extension that will help save traffic and access blocked sites in one go. Google Developer. You can download it here. The truth is that it doesn’t work with HTTPS requests.

Special browser versions

I never use this option. Somehow it didn’t stick. Such browsers immediately work through several proxy servers, thereby helping to maintain deeper anonymity on the network and provide access to all resources on the Internet. I would like to note that when using such web browsers, sites load much slower. It’s either anonymity and access to resources, or speed. We'll have to prioritize

Here is one of them - Tor Browser. There is also Globus. Which one to download is up to you. Both are similar to Chrome in terms of interface. However, I recommend the first option.

Web anonymizers

Web anonymizers are an Internet resource with an input form. Everything is simple here. You need to enter the url of the resource you want to open. Great for occasional use. The Internet is full of them and easy to find. Personally, I use hideme.ru. Through the site you can access any others in an anonymous state.

There is one more good anonymizer, it's called a chameleon. I suggest you try it. Here he is .

Online text translators

With the help of such services, you can open a blocked site once or twice, and also get a translation. I use Google Translate. Haven't let you down yet! Just copy the link into the first translation form, an active link will appear in the second one that you can click on. Click and enjoy bypassing site blocking

Computer programs

Yes... There are also programs that will help solve this problem. In addition to the web anonymizer, hideme.ru has a program that you can freely download and install on any operating system. That is, even on your phone with Android or iOS (iphone). You can try the full functionality for free for just one day. Then you have to pay.

For those who don’t want to pay, I suggest you cheat! You are given a unique key that is linked to your E-mail address. IN free version it is valid for 24 hours. You can get a new one by entering a different E-mail. Everything is logical. Yes, just register every time Email addresses not so much fun. Therefore, you can find mail for 10 minutes. Search the Internet. Or do as I did, create a new mailing address in an existing one. This function is available in mail.ru, but also in yandex.ru. In gmail, I don’t know how. For mail.ru you need to go to your mail settings and you will see it there at the very end. Here's the link if you need it.

Proxy Switcher

Basically normal program. It just finds a bunch of servers that you can connect to. One thing worries me. I don't know where all these servers come from, honestly. Perhaps they just have a database that is being edited. Don't know. But the program is shareware and many people mention it, so that gives me a little confidence.

Proxifier

A simple proxy client. To use it you need to know the IP address, port and version proxy server, in order to configure. To find all this, you can use the Internet and find free proxies sheets.

Hide IP Easy

Another program that will hide your ip. You will be able to open blocked sites, depending on the country you choose, and remain anonymous. True, it's paid

Underwater rocks

I decided to talk about them last. I won’t rant too much. Briefly and clearly. If you have any questions, write in the comments.

In general, the danger lies in free proxy servers. If it belongs to an attacker, then you may regret it. But what could possibly happen? The thing is that traffic will pass through his server, thereby giving him the opportunity to delve into it. Let's say you logged into the site by entering your username and password. There is a possibility that an attacker will be able to dig them up. By the way, this is what they do when distributing wi-fi, in a cafe, for example. As a result, he will receive the login information, and then you cry bitterly

So it goes. But not always free means bad. Although, of course, it is better to use a paid one, knowing this information. Or carefully choose proxy servers to avoid such situations.

Conclusion

In order to be able to access a blocked resource on the Internet, an intermediary is needed. A computer that is located behind a hill. In order to use it, you need special programs or extensions. I wrote about all this above.

Moreover, VPN and proxy servers help you remain anonymous on the Internet, which reduces the risk of attacks on your computer or mobile device. Unless, of course, you connected to the attacker’s server.

That's all, dear friends! If you have questions, be sure to write in the comments. I also suggest to my blog so as not to miss new posts. See you later!