How newbie is this... my first post... well I came to this site to learn but havent seen anything quite what I'm looking for.

I am in halls at university in the UK and they recently brought in new security measures which is basically blocking all ports except 8080. This is killing me, all I want to do is get past this to use things like my webcam, ftp and peer-to-peer programs. Some of my friends say you cant get past it... is there a way? Could anyone point me in the right direction?
I want to learn and not just ask for someone to "do this for me," be nice to actually understand what i am doing...


I dont have to login/provide password to browse, I have the 3 proxy ip's and i'm at a loss.... advice anyone?

i think some peer to peer programs might allow you to transfer through port 80. winmx allows you to type in ports for it to work through, but i am not sure if that would work with 80. i think a few programs like that have the option to change ports if you are behind a fire wall or something, but i really have no idea.

you might be able to find some things web based. i am unaware of anything useful web based, but you never know your luck (im thinking of icq and that lot).

you said basically blocking all ports. i think thats where you need to look at and see exactly what it is doing. there is always a way. is there a login option for admin or anything, because teachers and that tend to leave passwords stuck to thier monitor with post its. maybe tell whoever is in charge (and knows little about computers) that you need accsess to certain ports (21 for example) to do an assignment or something.

if you get really desprate, you could ask for them to make an exception.