[Get Around Bittorrent Firewall/PacketShaper]

Yeah, you're probably right. Bittorrent is just really handy for downloading stuff that's really big. Don't ask how long it takes me to get the latest Linux .ISO..... *sigh*

[FTP server for linux]

vsftp, very secure

[Get Around Bittorrent Firewall/PacketShaper]

So I'm at college here and pretty much everything is blocked. I can get online and view websites, but that's about it. Bittorrent, online games, and pretty much everything that's fun is blocked. I know for a fact that they use a combination of a firewall and a PacketShaper. After pleading with them to open up and even writing letters to the college paper, nothing has helped and it's actually getting worse. There are some ports open like MSN/AIM etc. work, IRC works, but SSH doesn't. Is there anyway to get around this issue? I thought about running a proxy outside the campus network but that just gets annoying. All I want to do is d/l some of your guys episodes. It sucks. Plus we get like 40 to 50 Kbps down and that's on a good day. The connection is extremely poor. Anyone have any suggestions besides me paying for an alternative ISP?