If anyone has a spare key , i would like one , the method above doesn't seem to work. Thanks in advance.
If you are having problems, let the chinese ftp timeout and then activate proxy. If you are using Firefox, just click on the "Try again" button. You can disable the proxy now and continue browsing to get your key.
If you are seeing the invalid security certificate, tell your browser to continue anyway, it will take you right where you need to be Two months strong and this trick still works!
Thank you everyone that has helped others in getting a key. So far I have given out 30+ keys and I am grateful for the others that have helped those that have difficulties. Some things noted on this trick: Don't give up on the proxy, I have noticed on certain times of the day the proxy times out, sometimes the university in China does. Persistence pays off. I have also seen the "invalid security certificate" tell the browser to continue anyway and it will work, if you click "block" then you have start all over again. You get one key per live ID, so make more Live ID accounts and you will get more keys. I will be gathering some more keys later today, if you need one, send me a PM
The university's authentication server (idp.msuniversity.edu.cn) seems to be down for me. (Using all the proxies I could find and my non-proxied connection) I'll definitely keep trying though, every couple hour or so when I'm at my computer. Hopefully it'll pay off. Can someone please provide me with a key in case it doesn't?
k3vink3vin Check your PM, one key for now, I want to help some others if I still have time tonight I will grab you another. The proxies are at turtle speed tonight Todd aka Chianf092
Let us know how it turns out for you, I will be back on tomorrow night CST around 10pm, and if you still need one I will get you one...
I was about to say that it wouldn't work, but after trying in IE7 and Opera, I decided to try in Firefox. Worked first time, using the same proxy and .NET account. (I think it's because I only proxied HTTP traffic in Opera and IE7, but FoxyProxy automatically does both.)