Do you have SSH access to an off-campus server? If so...

1) Use PuTTY to create a local SOCKS proxy w/ an SSH tunnel to the
off-campus server.
2) Configure your browser to use the SOCKS proxy

Wa-lah [sic], your requests will appear to be coming from off-campus.

A good guide to setting up the ssh tunnel is here:
http://everythinghurts.com/ssh-tunnelling/.
The excellent FoxyProxy extension makes switching proxy settings much
easier: http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org/

--jay


On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Chris Gray
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> There are a number of services we offer that behave differently for
> off-campus users vs. on-campus users (based on IP address) and testing both
> behaviors is difficult while sitting on-campus.
>
> I'm looking for an easy, reliable, and secure way to do this.
>
> At the moment I'm doing a free 7-day trial of Anonymizer Anonymous Surfing
> software ($30/yr), but I want to make sure I'm not missing any good
> alternatives.
>
> Does anyone have any recomnendations or relevant experience?
>
> Chris Gray
> Library Systems
> University of Waterloo
> (hopeful future ex sysadmin firefighter %-)
>