Re: [liberationtech] Syria blackout?

[Eugen Leitl <eugen () leitl org>]

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From: KheOps <kheops () ceops eu>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 23:11:37 +0200
To: liberationtech () lists stanford edu
Subject: Re: [liberationtech] Syria blackout?
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Yes, this has been confirmed by several people we know there.

Tor seems to be blocked at least on 3G connections. Download of some
file extensions through cleartext HTTP is blocked too (mp4, flv, mpg, ...).

It seems UltraSurf and some other VPNs are blocked too, though as Andrew
said, some other specific ones continue working.

For Tor, it would be worth setting up obfsproxy-equipped bridges. We
will try to work on this asap on our side.

KheOps

On 05/31/2012 08:36 PM, Andrew wrote:
> And it looks like I maybe wrong. It seems that torrents, and videos
> stopped working sometime yesterday. I am going to do some more
> digging. Tor, and some specific types of VPNs still seem to be working
> fine.
>
> -Andrew
>
> On 5/31/2012 2:26 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
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>
> > From: Rafael Cresci <rafael () cresci org> Date: Thu, 31 May 2012
> > 14:41:09 -0300 To: nanog () nanog org Subject: Syria blackout? 
> > X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278)
>
> > Customers (from UAE) who have servers with us in Atlanta - one of
> > the companies I work for, remaining anonymus for the moment - are
> > reporting that their sub-customers and viewers from Syria can't
> > access FTP or download any kind of Flash/video/multimedia content
> > from inside that country. Completely blocked.
>
> > Anyone confirms?
>
> > Another government blockage to avoid social captiruing of massacre
> > videos and photos?
>
>
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