Open Blocked Sites in Pakistan

Despite the great importance social networks has gained all over the world and their place as the number 1 communication method and the availability of apps of social networks for smartphones and tablets, Pakistan bans access to all social networks including Facebook, YouTube and others. In order to access Facebook or to watch videos on YouTube, you need to use a tool to open blocked sites in Pakistan.

Internet service providers in Pakistan use Proxy servers to filter and censor the Internet. Similarly, proxy servers are used to open blocked sites in Pakistan. Proxy servers can be configured on your browser and this way you mask your IP address so it would appear on the Internet as if you have changed your location to outside Pakistan. But if you do care about your privacy and you're worried about using proxy to open blocked sites in Pakistan, there is a more secure which is configuring a VPN connection on your system.

How to configure a VPN connection to open blocked sites in Pakistan?

The following steps can be applied on Windows 8 to open blocked sites in Pakistan

Open Control Panel then Network and Sharing Center

Select "Set up a new connection or network" then "Connect to a workplace"

Now click "Next"

Select "Use my Internet Connection (VPN)"

In the "Internet address" field type VPN server's address or IP

In the "Destination name" field type the server's address again.

Then click "Create".

Click on the monitor icon on the bottom right-hand corner.

Right–click on VPN connection you just created, and select "Properties" from the menu.

Under Security Tab for Type of VPN select “Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol with IPsec (L2TP/IPsec)"

Click on the "Advanced Settings" button. In the "preshared key" filed, type the word sharedsecret and click OK.

Tick on "Allow these protocols", "Microsoft CHAP version 2 (MS-CHAP v2)" "Unencrypted password (PAP)" options and click OK.

Click again on the monitor icon on the bottom right-hand corner, find the VPN connection and click connect.

Insert your username and password and click OK.

Once you're connected, open your browser and open blocked sites in Pakistan.