Installation

PowerTunnel is portable Java-application, so you don't need to install it in the usual sense.

Prepare workaround

Check Java installation on the your PC

Required Java 7+ for working. You can get Java from the official website.

Get the binary

Compile it yourself or download prepared from the Releases tab

Configuring PowerTunnel

Launch PowerTunnel and start the server. In the PowerTunnel folder will be appear configuration files: government-blacklist.txt, user-blacklist.txt, user-whitelist.txt and isp-stub.txt.

Configuring government-related lists

Filling government blacklist

At first, you should fill the government-blacklist.txt. You need to get blacklist list of the your country government without such markers as http://, https://, www. and etc. Only host name.

For a better DPI bypass fill the isp-stub.txt. You should put the your ISP stub address.

If you're living in Russia, you can use this auto-updated list as government blocklist.

Configuring user lists

This is optional. You can block domains putting them into user-blacklist.txt, trackers and ads for example. If you need to block 2-level domain but need to using 3-level domain of the same website add it to user-whitelist.txt

Getting it working

Configuring system-wide proxy

Go to the your system settings and set PowerTunnel Proxy IP:PORT as your system-wide proxy.

If you're using Windows 10 I highly recommend you to add activity.windows.com to the non-use list.

Starting PowerTunnel

Start PowerTunnel Proxy Server. You will be able to access the Internet until it's running. If you will decide to stop using PowerTunnel just stop the server and disable system-wide proxy