This afternoon my internet provider managed to scare me pretty well. I was trying various benefits of the linux environment (ssh and stuff), when suddenly i was no longer able to access valerauko.net—nor any of the other websites that share the same ip address. After asking around if it’s accessible for others and checking Google Translate (it works server-side, thus even if an address is blocked from me, i can “translate” it and see the contents–true it doesn’t really work with logins), i had to realize that the university router apparently blocked my website for no reason. (At least not one i could figure.) For a while, i didn’t bother, just looked for a web ftp, because i wanted to quickly fix a layout bug in the blog. But i forgot my ftp pass. So i installed Wine, and tried connecting with Total Commander. It didn’t work. Then i extracted my pass from the Total Commander ftp memory, and using that i managed to finally connect via a web ftp and fix the bug.

Then, i started working on how to actually access my own website. It became obvious that i have no control whatsoever over the router, and also there’s nothing else blocked (even though my torrent client is running non-stop for Stargate SG-1). I had to go with a proxy, but i only know one: the servers of my home university. Luckily they didn’t erase my access codes, so using that and help from Shamalt i was able to route my browser through there. Ironically, as soon as i managed to do that, out of nowhere i was able to access valerauko.net without using the proxy as well. Work for nothing. Well, at least i know how to do it, now. Had i been trying to do this from Windows, i couldn’t have, i’m sure of it.