redirect of newsgroups

For those of us sitting behind a firewall that blocks out all of the 
     alt, rec, etc.. newsgroups...is there another way to access these 
     groups?  For example, redirecting the contents of alt.2600 to, say, 
     comp.2600 (because this firewall allows the comp.xxx groups through).  
     Or any other hacks around this inconvenience?
     
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"David Klur" writes:
>      For those of us sitting behind a firewall that blocks out all of the 
>      alt, rec, etc.. newsgroups...is there another way to access these 
>      groups?

1) Firewalls don't block newsgroups.
2) This has nothing to do with cryptography. 

.pm

Yeah, buy an account on a local ISP, or on C2, got.net, or some other
cypherpunk run/supporting business.

Adam


|      For those of us sitting behind a firewall that blocks out all of the 
|      alt, rec, etc.. newsgroups...is there another way to access these 
|      groups?  For example, redirecting the contents of alt.2600 to, say, 
|      comp.2600 (because this firewall allows the comp.xxx groups through).  
|      Or any other hacks around this inconvenience?

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> 
> |      For those of us sitting behind a firewall that blocks out all of the 
> |      alt, rec, etc.. newsgroups...is there another way to access these 
> |      groups?  For example, redirecting the contents of alt.2600 to, say, 
> |      comp.2600 (because this firewall allows the comp.xxx groups through).  
> |      Or any other hacks around this inconvenience?

( im gonna work this back onto topic.. just watch. :)  ) 

There is a rather lengthy FAQ that explains about a zillion different 
ways to get your paws on whichever newsgroups you desire. Its called
"How to Receive Banned News Groups FAQ" and you can find it at:

http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~jg11772/banned-groups-faq.html

(here it comes..)

In addition to covering topics relating to finding what you want in the 
way of usenet news, it also has a pretty well thought out anti-censorship 
rant towards the end, and gives pointers to some open NNTP servers, 
and freenets where you can obtain free access to usenet news. There is 
also a short list of mail to news gateways, which is useful if you would 
like to post to usenet via a remailer (or if your sysadmin censors which 
groups you have access to).

(Ok.. maybe not totally on topic.. i tried.. blegh)

have a day.