Ridiculous. A firewall has no business deciding what content is appropriate and what is not; it should be blocking connection attempts on certain ports and that's all.

looks like a corporate/school firewall/content filter. Mmmm... smell the fresh socialism in the morning.

Maybe they named their product Barracuda because of the lyrics to the Heart song:

If the real thing don’t do the trick,
You better make up something quick.

Well, come on, teach us to hack already.

Wow. if THIS site is about "hacking" then I'd hate to see what it says about things like hack-a-day or I-hacked.com.

Quote from the admin manual for their "spyware firewall" (a.k.a. web content filter).

Select the categories of Web sites you want to block and allow. The
list of URLs in each category is maintained by Barracuda Central
and is updated on a regular basis.

When you block a category, you block all HTTP traffic to the
associated URLs in that category.

Click Save Changes after making any modifications to this list.

Apparently, the genuses (to paraphrase Wile E. Coyote) at "Barracuda Central" aren't bright enough to figure out that this isn't a hacking site.

[...] Link [...]

Hmm ...

Hacking

"* Instruction or information on performing questionable or illegal activities with the use of software and/or computer equipment
* Cracked or pirated software information and downloads
* Recruiting or organizing people to perform hacking activities"

Well ...

Isn't this site technically hacking? From wikipedia and the jargon file:
hacker n.
1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary. RFC1392, the Internet Users' Glossary, usefully amplifies this as: A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular.
2. One who programs enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming.
3. A person capable of appreciating hack value.
4. A person who is good at programming quickly.
5. An expert at a particular program, or one who frequently does work using it or on it; as in "a Unix hacker". (Definitions 1 through 5 are correlated, and people who fit them congregate.)
6. An expert or enthusiast of any kind. One might be an astronomy hacker, for example.
7. One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations.
8. [deprecated] A malicious meddler who tries to discover sensitive information by poking around. Hence password hacker, network hacker. The correct term for this sense is cracker.

That's what you get from blogging things, mommie doesn't understand
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@ the first (amonymous) poster:
not exactly: a packet filter does what you said - a firewall is the complete sum of appliations and rules that protect a host or network.

Websense? Ptui! That even blocks flickr, as an "offsite data archive" or somesuch nonsense. As if I'd bother sending company data (photos of the office party?) through the company's web server when I can just burn it on to a DVD....

Take a look at Bloxx secure proxy appliances, if you are looking into efficient and effective web filtering. Apart from database filtering, Bloxx will scan the URL and the webpage itself on malicious content to your liking. By the way, Freedom to Tinker is not recognized by a Bloxx unit as being a hacking site, so we solved that one :-)

okay, websense blocks it for being part of the "computer security" category.

spamsoap is another excellent example of this.

this spam filtering service blanket blocks gmail, making it impossible for me to communicate with my mother's office cross country. I had to set up a separate account for her just to get my mail.

can someone put what totti said into plain english. or to be like GEICO make it so easy a caveman can do it

The command prompt will only allow you to get to the websites home page. Once you get it's ip address when typing pin and the website name, you'll will only see the home page and then when you click or try to log in on the website you will be sent to the Barracuda Firewall "pop up."

Hmmm... cant use a proxy to get around barracuda. its already blocked under the category of "proxy"... ugh i fckn hate barracuda...

Hey, guys. This is a great topic. "HACKING". On the subject of websense though. Our school runs it. I have tried various proxies and even tried the https:// secure port trick but they have got that locked down aswell. Well in all most sites are blocked. Can anyone help me. This websense is a real pain and any hacks or codes to kill, remove or disable it would be much appreciated. My email is timekeepermasterofdoom@hotmail.co.uk and that is how i can be contacted i can also be contacted via mobile: 07789834095. if anyone is in the UK. If i dont answer it prob cause i am in my lesson or doin something. Many thanks,
Michael

well i hate the fact mi school blocks myspace so plz let me kno how to get around thae stupid blockers!!!

Spam Soap does not block all of gmail, contrary to what Alexander Wehr says. Spam Soap is a sophisticated email filtering solution that only blocks whole domains for specific users who initiate these blocks. For more info, go to www.spamsoap.com

This is the way to get around the school blocks you can go to myspace facebook and all that stuff... Check it out i kno i use it everyday...

Hey...if anyone wants to change the computer settings on your pc do this...
WARNING: it will slow your browser down...
google free IP addresses and there will be a website with a list of like 1000 IP addresses...just pick one and then go to Internet options then Lan Settings if your using a Local Area network(wireless net) and manually set your proxy settings with one of those IP addresses. the international ones work the best...
your welcome
sincerely,
Erinza Chan AKA Master Reign

i'm working offshore and barracuda blocks everything. can someone please email me a solution. thanks tony70360@yahoo.com.

alright, I am a JR. at canby high and have been doing a great deal of investigatiing into the matter, barracuda is just a simple pain in the ass, blocks most proxy's and there is not much you can do. that is, unless you can find the thing. all one really needs to do is 'find' the administrators password, a simple keystroker implanted into their computer by way of flashdrive works the best, jsut set up a program to send all information o your home computer. once your in by "however" you chose to get there, overload there computer. doing so with porn is very funny but is not needed. crash th right one, and they go crazy. that is your opertunity to find the beast and add a nice remote activated surge maker, to crash and reboot the web filter at will.

remember kids, hack responsibly, and wear a helmit outside and in.

My school uses Barracuda, even though it's a high school! I mean, really, everything is blocked sooner or later. I'm still tryign to figure out how to disband it.