Nepal and proxies

[Sean Crago]

I'm finally online at home, some 29 days in to my two year tour with
State in Kathmandu. Town's nice, when the garbage men are running and
the fuel tankers aren't. Otherwise it's hazardous to walk and the
traffic's a bit a much, especially near the gas stations with their
WW2-style rationing.

On a more LUG-relevant note, the new ISP seems to be running some sort
of Squid proxy, according to some "that host ain't responding" errors
that explicitly stated they were coming from a Squid install. If they
are running an HTTPS proxy as well then I am extremely nervous - Would
anyone care to share a simple test to determine whether or not they
are and, if possible, simple ways to bypass a transparent proxy?
Bandwidth is scarce in Nepal, but I'm a touch more concerned about
protecting my privacy than limiting my bandwidth consumption.

Thanks,
Sean