Hide traffic from ISP - encrypt? Proxy? VPN?

If you want to hide yourself. VPN with TOR but then i wouldn't do anything critical on it such as banking as you do not know what the endpoints are doing with your traffic.
 
He has an issue with adult content? If he's not watching the videos, why does he give a **** what his paying customers do online?

Anyhow the only way is to setup an ssh tunnel or setup a VPN and direct your traffic through that. Otherwise an ISP can always see the destination IP regardless of protocol used (https/http).
 
My 2c would be to keep your customers happy. Even if you have to get a much more expensive WISP, you can always increase your accommodation rates to compensate for it.
 
Just get another ISP instead, even if you find ways to bypass the filtering, it will most likely just start a cat and mouse game, where you use X to bypass the filter, then he puts something in place to prevent it and then you have to start using method Z and so it will keep going over and over again.
 
My 2c is that he is just man in the middle WiFi linking and trying to play safe by asking his clients to not go to dodgy sites as a way to not draw attention to himself
 
so the owner of this ISP doesnt like adult content.

but you blocked adult content with OpenDNS.

remove the block and let your clients watch the adult content until the ISP tells you to stop. if so, then you tell him you have to take your business elsewhere, you do not only cater for church people.

just google VPN provider you will get a list of corresponding results. I have tried TunnelBear before, it works pretty good.
 
Rickster said:
But 2 meg is sufficient for streaming that...stuff.
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2Mb might be if it's only that '...stuff'. We have 6 units and 4 are usually occupied. That means 4 Phones, 4 iPads, 4 laptops, 4 Smart TV's plus my family in the main house which has about 10 devices connected at any one time. This really all started with needing more bandwidth as opposed to surfing '...stuff'.

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I spoke to the ISP owner. He gave a slightly more balanced view and we seem to have agreed to ignore each other's issues. I'll let my guests do what they like. He'll find a way to reduce the speed of certain types of sites only (I didn't ask if that's even possible). He did mention to me that certain hotels simply block all adult content and said that the Balalaika in Sandton does this and seemed to hint that I should follow suit on moral grounds - which I'll ignore.

His actual issue is that in the evening when most people are home there is heavy load on his network and he doesn't think it's fair for people to suffer poor service because others are doing illegal (his word) stuff. He also mentioned turrents and peer2peer connection being given lower priority. The feeling I get is that he's just a new business owner trying to keep everyone happy. I'll still work through the suggestions in this thread once the handover clears. Happy New year all!
 
What ISP blocks porn these days? :wtf: Seems like the ISP owner has some seriously daft perceptions on what's illegal and not.

Also, AFAIK, ISP's are not allowed (by law) to encroach on your privacy by monitoring which websites you are visiting. Something sounds like it's a bit off there. A quicker, cheaper, simpler solution would be to simply switch to another ISP. But if that's not an option, you could try using something like HideMyAss.
 
20Questions said:
2Mb might be if it's only that '...stuff'. We have 6 units and 4 are usually occupied. That means 4 Phones, 4 iPads, 4 laptops, 4 Smart TV's plus my family in the main house which has about 10 devices connected at any one time. This really all started with needing more bandwidth as opposed to surfing '...stuff'.

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I spoke to the ISP owner. He gave a slightly more balanced view and we seem to have agreed to ignore each other's issues. I'll let my guests do what they like. He'll find a way to reduce the speed of certain types of sites only (I didn't ask if that's even possible). He did mention to me that certain hotels simply block all adult content and said that the Balalaika in Sandton does this and seemed to hint that I should follow suit on moral grounds - which I'll ignore.

His actual issue is that in the evening when most people are home there is heavy load on his network and he doesn't think it's fair for people to suffer poor service because others are doing illegal (his word) stuff. He also mentioned turrents and peer2peer connection being given lower priority. The feeling I get is that he's just a new business owner trying to keep everyone happy. I'll still work through the suggestions in this thread once the handover clears. Happy New year all!
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He is not allowed to slow down certain sites/block. Find out if he has a license and change ISP's.
 
koeksGHT said:
He is not allowed to slow down certain sites/block. Find out if he has a license and change ISP's.
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He's not allowed to track/log website visits, never mind throttling or blocking. You can't block what you can't see.
 
Enigma_ said:
He's not allowed to track/log website visits, never mind throttling or blocking. You can't block what you can't see.
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He is allowed to monitor IP's and usage. Blocking technicality is allowed as part of RICA interception where they can force you to forward traffic to be intercepted.
 
koeksGHT said:
He is allowed to monitor IP's and usage. Blocking technicality is allowed as part of RICA interception where they can force you to forward traffic to be intercepted.
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I thought the RICA Intervention act only allowed for specific cases authorised by a judge to be intercepted and monitored, all communications systems should be capable of surveillance. I didn't know that ISP's were authorised to log, track and reference to a customer their traffic usage specifics on a constant basis. But yeah, it's pretty dodgy.
 
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