They are using the bittorrent protocol, not gnutella, and if you put the encryption in forced
(always on) mode, it just may work. It has to be forced or it would be detected and blocked.
Merely enabling it would still allow unencrypted connections.


Can you do without the proxy? If you can't connect to anything without a proxy then you are
better off renting a place outside the campus and getting your own internet account.

Another good source of files are the binary newsgroups. See if the university has a good one,
or try to connect to one outside the university.