Wow, thats real bad. The same thing actually happened to me (sorta), but I'm in the UK. I made a proxy (at home), everyone started using it and then the administrators found out about it. I had to take it offline, and when I did, I lost computer access for 3 months and internet access for 6 months. I didn't get as much verbal abuse as you did though.
Identical thing happened to me, I complained, they ignored me. My story is disturbingly similar to the original posters', except I'm from the U.K. At least, in better news, the technicians left the Christmas straight after the event, so I didn't have to put up with them too long. Dan
If I were you, I would just pull the plugs off all the proxies they know, or at least block all access to your school IPs. Whether the proxy is right or wrong does not matter in your case. It is not a part of your body that you have to keep it. In fact, it only cost you valuable time and your reputation at school. Your school doesn't want students to access questionable contents like porn and gore. It is absolutely rational and with good intentions to its students. They also have the rights not to waste the bandwidth on questionable contents. On the other hand, you have the right to create proxies. That is perfectly legal. The solution I can think of is either you block the school IPs or the school blocks your website, or both. You and the school compromise for a win-win outcome. (but hell yeah there are tons and tons of open web proxies, so the school already lost in one sense) If anyone is accusing you as a criminal, take that person to court for defamation to clear up your name. You are not tried in court yet; therefore, you are completely innocent until proven guilty. It is illegal to announce that somebody is a criminal before verdict. So sue them to clear up your name.
That's irrelevant, if they don't want their students using proxies on their school computers then they need to punish the people who use them. The proxies were set up off site, are run off site and have nothing to do with his school. Would it be ok if he told his friends about proxies he didn't own? What's next? Threatening to punish him because he has a site on evolution in a school system where intelligent design is the accepted theory?
I had a similar problem, I lost my internet rights and 'technically' computer rights for ages because of a proxy that I setup so *I* could use something *not in school* , and someone else found it. In the sense taht something that i try to access from a computer out of school was blocked However, I complained constantly, and then 'accidnetly' undid my banning manually, when the admin wasn't looking. Pretended I'd found a security hole, and would only keep quiet if i got my rights back Worked like a dream
knowing the technology now a days, it is possible for a highschool senior to achieve a technical knowlege, one thing..Google.com made it easy so its not bad to be resourceful but Administration is Administration we can't do something about that but to follow them.
Web proxy and Google are two different things. Google only indexes remember? Web proxy like PHProxy serves the contents directly from its domain name.
Thats madness. It does seem like your kinda being hung out to dry... Despite possible repurcussions I'm sure something on that schools network deserves to be drestroyed..
Yup they do. But not proxies because of the limitations the schools put on their computer systems. My son has done a few projects building websites for a few different classes. Even history and chemistry.
Ok so, Al Gore is to creating the internet as India is to creating proxies. Blah blah. Many people do know about proxies. Especially schools. People, especially those who are under 18 are there at the school for one reason. And if you want to use a proxy one must do it on your own time not at the expense of the school. There is no need realistically for them at educational institute in the long run.