Internet freedom?

I’ve noticed that most of the internet connections in the College of Law have its own proxy server settings. Like in most institutions, the access to certain “unfavorable” sites (not necessarily pornographic ones) is restricted in order to discourage irrelevant usage of the connection.

However, it was a bit surprising that I was able to find certain sites which one would use to bypass the proxy settings of a network. Several sites basically provide services wherein it would permit the user to still view the pages which otherwise would have been restricted. In essence, these proxy service sites (through the use of a “mini-browser”) allow the user to circumvent the security settings placed by networks.

It is quite amusing that the entire concept of proxy settings has been circumvented. It is like keeping a detainee in a cell where there is a wide-open window where the detainee may use as an exit. Apparently, the prevalence of these proxy server sites has not been resolved. Hence, institutions seeking to secure their networks must enable new measures to combat the proliferation of these services. Or else, all their security settings will be useless.