Steam and the Big, Bad Firewall

[Bubba-Phat]

Once there was a program called Steam. It was made for nerds who played counterstrike. One particular nerd who wanted to use Steam to indulge in his nerdy pleasures went away to school. That nerd found that the school had a firewall that blocked counterstrike, and pretty much every other online game.

Does anyone know how that nerd can help Steam bypass the Big, Bad Firewall so the nerd can be happily ever after again?

Seriously guys: I need help. Does anyone know how I can play around the firewall?

[JoS]

Ask it nicely?

[CaptainPeepers]

At 12/1/04 10:56 PM, JusticeofSarcasm wrote: Ask it nicely?

yeah dammit!

[Bubba-Phat]

At 12/1/04 10:56 PM, JusticeofSarcasm wrote: Ask it nicely?

...Please?

[CountPoopoo]

Why the fuck would you want to play CS at school.

[JoS]

At 12/1/04 10:58 PM, CountPoopoo wrote: Why the fuck would you want to play CS at school.

I think he means in residence.

[TheMonolith]

At 12/1/04 10:58 PM, CountPoopoo wrote: Why the fuck would you want to play CS at school.

I caught a teacher playing Quake 3 on his computer at school... no joke.

[Bubba-Phat]

At 12/1/04 11:00 PM, JusticeofSarcasm wrote:

At 12/1/04 10:58 PM, CountPoopoo wrote: Why the fuck would you want to play CS at school.

I think he means in residence.

Good call; I did mean in residence. I guess not many people got that.

Basically, my computer is in my room. My room's internet has the firewall blocking the CS port. How do I get around?

[AzureWrathHal]

At 12/1/04 11:07 PM, CovertOperative wrote:

At 12/1/04 10:58 PM, CountPoopoo wrote: Why the fuck would you want to play CS at school.

I caught a teacher playing Quake 3 on his computer at school... no joke.

We used to play diablo 2 and starcraft at school during computer classes, sometimes a couple of the teachers would play with us, and they were pretty good. It was pretty awesome.

[bluegreen7hi]

Once upon a time there was a program named Steam. This program sucked major monkey testicles. It allowed nerds to play Counter-Strike, but it lagged their computers to no end. I-HATE-STEAM.

[Umsutfeersme]

At 12/1/04 11:51 PM, PacoW wrote: Not play counterstriek at school?

I play wolfenstein at school...

[Bubba-Phat]

Okay, I'll say it again - I'm not playing in the classroom. It's just the school firewall that blocks the port.

Can anyone actually give me help or am I just going to hear more about monkey testicles?

[bluegreen7hi]

At 12/1/04 11:54 PM, Bubba_Phat wrote: Okay, I'll say it again - I'm not playing in the classroom. It's just the school firewall that blocks the port.

Can anyone actually give me help or am I just going to hear more about monkey testicles?

I am honored and pleased that you mentioned my words in your post. *Bows*

[Evark]

At 12/1/04 11:09 PM, Bubba_Phat wrote: Basically, my computer is in my room. My room's internet has the firewall blocking the CS port. How do I get around?

Find out which ports actually allow information to go through, and then see if you can get Steam to play through those ports. I'm not particularly good with firewalls, but I bet you could find some open ports at the very least.

[Bubba-Phat]

At 12/1/04 11:52 PM, Umsutfeersme wrote:

At 12/1/04 11:51 PM, PacoW wrote: Not play counterstriek at school?

I play wolfenstein at school...

I also can't play wolfenstein due to the firewall. That's why I want help.

[nukechicken]

At 12/1/04 11:07 PM, CovertOperative wrote:

At 12/1/04 10:58 PM, CountPoopoo wrote: Why the fuck would you want to play CS at school.

I caught a teacher playing Quake 3 on his computer at school... no joke.

Was he or she any good. I know that my History teacher has a high Lv Everquest character. I haven't meet him but some of the really nerdy people say they've played with him online before.

[Morextremist]

nerd got a xbox and a HUB and lived out the rest of his days in halo2 bliss, teh edn

[Evark]

At 12/1/04 11:48 PM, AzureWrathHal wrote: We used to play diablo 2 and starcraft at school during computer classes, sometimes a couple of the teachers would play with us, and they were pretty good. It was pretty awesome.

Yea, we play Quake over the networks we set up in our cisco networking class, it is pretty fun.

Oh, and maybe if you could edit Steam a bit to tell it to play through a different port it would work?

[Radant]

You'll have to use whats called a proxy server.
You go into internet options under tools (its different for different Operating Systems) and then under the proxy tab, you type in the IP address and port number of the server. Save your settings, and you should be able to bypass the firewall.

You can find various proxy IPs on the net, just google it and you should come accross some.

[Bubba-Phat]

At 12/1/04 11:56 PM, Evark wrote:

At 12/1/04 11:09 PM, Bubba_Phat wrote: Basically, my computer is in my room. My room's internet has the firewall blocking the CS port. How do I get around?

Find out which ports actually allow information to go through, and then see if you can get Steam to play through those ports. I'm not particularly good with firewalls, but I bet you could find some open ports at the very least.

Obviously 1080 is open because if it weren't, then pretty much nothing would work. However, Steam won't change ports on its own. I've found out how to redirect it to port 1080 using http-tunnel and sockcap, but that only allows me to sign on - I still can't actually get into a server.

Can anyone tell me how to redirect to a port that allows me to access the servers? You guys know better than me which ports will probably be open, so shoot.

[darkomen3148]

Well, do you know which firewall these computers use?

[Bubba-Phat]

At 12/2/04 12:00 AM, Radant-J wrote: You'll have to use whats called a proxy server.
You go into internet options under tools (its different for different Operating Systems) and then under the proxy tab, you type in the IP address and port number of the server. Save your settings, and you should be able to bypass the firewall.

You can find various proxy IPs on the net, just google it and you should come accross some.

That sounds like a good idea that's a little different from my first attempt. Can you tell me more? I have Windows XP Professional. When I go to Internet Options, there is no proxy tab or any mentioning of proxies at all.

As for whoever said configure Steam to a different port, there is no option in Steam that allows me to do that.

[Bubba-Phat]

At 12/2/04 02:50 PM, darkomen3148 wrote: Well, do you know which firewall these computers use?

It's not a firewall on the computers, it's a firewall on the network. That firewall, which I have no access to and never will have access to, is blocking the port I need to use for CS.

[swive]

Don't play Counter-Strike, because you probably suck anyways.

[Bubba-Phat]

At 12/2/04 03:09 PM, -Alex- wrote: Why dont you just ask the school to fucking change the firewall for your internet so you can play your games?

They're not going to just open up all the ports so I can play games. Dumbass.

[AgeOfArmageddon]

At 12/1/04 11:54 PM, Bubba_Phat wrote:

Can anyone actually give me help or am I just going to hear more about monkey testicles?

This is NG, it's all monkey testicles here.
:)

Also, I don't know, but your on res! Go to the lounge and chill with the x-box guys fragging each other on a live hub. Less laggy, and at least you get to hang out with people.

[Savren]

At 12/1/04 10:55 PM, Bubba_Phat wrote: Seriously guys: I need help. Does anyone know how I can play around the firewall?

Ok. do this. go to my buds hacking site i have seen it there Jinx Hackwear Forums

Look in the "school" or tutorial forums. It will eb there i have seen it before.

[Bubba-Phat]

At 12/2/04 03:35 PM, -Anti- wrote:

Jinx Hackwear Forums

Pretty cool forum, but it provided no assistance. Sorry. I posted a request for help there, however.

That doesn't mean I'm letting you guys off the hook; can anyone help me yet?

[swive]

At 12/2/04 10:06 PM, Bubba_Phat wrote: That doesn't mean I'm letting you guys off the hook; can anyone help me yet?

Be a good boy and don't play Counter-Strike at school. Socializing with a rare species called "girls" could work.

GL HF.

[Murdocc]

*shrug* I use zone alarm, so i just told it to let steam and CS to pass.