text: how do open websites which have been closed the country's main server? in the country i live in, the main server forbid the opening of certain political websites, there's always "error 404" that shows up when trying to open them.  can anyone help me find a away to get past this and find another way to open them?  your help is appreciated.! the 404 or not found error message is an http standard response code indicating that the client was able to communicate with the server, but the server either could not find what was requested, or it was configured not to fulfill the request and not reveal the reason why. (source)  if the the website is block by the isp, you can try using the following url : http://hidemyass.com