5 Great Ways to Beat Web Content filters

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5 Great Ways to Beat Web Content Filters
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Definition of Content Filtering
Content Filters are an evoking methodology used
in the field of security technology. These are
set of tools that are intended to monitor all of
the traffic carries out on a network and compare
it to a set of rules that define any unacceptable
activity. Internet filters or commonly known as
Content filter tools help a user to resist
time-wasting internet surfing by employees. It
has provided functionality to the administrator
to block certain websites that could harm the
company network.
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Why You need to Bypass Content Filter
In the worst-case scenario, the system actually
reduces productivity by slowing down internet
speed. Content Filters sometimes block a normal
business-related websites which sometimes get
blocked due to various reasons that let them fall
into these categories. Due to its property,
content filter software take screenshots on every
step taken by an employee violating on its
policies.
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These screenshots are then used as evidence that
the employee violated an internet policy.
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Easy Ways to Bypass All Content Filters

• Virtual Private Network (VPN)
• DNS Server
• Proxy Server
• TunnelBear
• Tor

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Virtual Private Network (VPN)
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a technology
that enables to creates an secure connection over
a less secured network. Connecting a Virtual
Private Network then all traffic coming from your
computer will be redirected over that VPN. If
youre connected to a VPN located in Australia,
all your network traffic will be redirected to
Australia before it emerges.
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Fig. - VPN
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DNS Server
A DNS server is any computer registered to join
the Domain Name System. If you want access to
Geo-blocked websites or even websites that block
particular state users, DNS-based filter is the
best option for it. Some Internet service
providers have implemented filtering by changing
their Dynamic DNS servers to redirect requests
for the blocked websites to another website. Use
something like Google Public DNS and youll know
no DNS-level filtering is taking place.
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Fig. - DNS Server
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Proxy Server
Blocked sites can also be accessed using a
standard proxy. System-wide proxies generally fu
nction similarly to VPNs. If you want to pay for
a service and send all your traffic over it,
youre better off with a VPN. If you want to qui
ckly access a blocked website, you can try using
a web-based proxy.
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Fig. - Proxy Server
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TunnelBear
TunnelBear provides one with the functionality to
just click the dial in the application. Once you
are done with it then you dont even need to
configure the VPN in Windows. They have a free v
ersion and a paid upgrade thats definitely worth
the price.
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Fig. - TunnelBear
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TOR
Tor allow user to browse anonymously. Tor may
work even if standard VPNs, proxies, and SSH
tunnels wont. Tor beat all content filter
Tools and access blocked websites. You
shouldnt use Tor to access sensitive,
unencrypted data, but Tor will let you access
blocked websites on any connection.
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Fig. - Tor