Shanghaiist: Tunneling through the Great Firewall of China

Micah

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:08:24 +0800

For different values of "actually use".

WLW

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 17:51:42 +0800

However, TOR only works with http and https so while you can access the "whole web," it doesn't really provide comprehensive privacy and leaves SMTP (mail), FTP (files), UDP, etc. open. TOR does provide a fairly good privacy, but it is limited. Has anyone tried-out psiphon? Thoughts?

Peregrand

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 11:20:27 +0800

Tor may be slow, but the advantage over sites like anonymouse.org is that it can handle java and ajax coding, which are typically stripped out with a proxy host. Meaning, you can log in and actually use sites like wordpress.com instead of just looking at them. Different tools for different uses I suppose.

Micahicah

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:23:54 +0800

Tor moves at a snail's pace for me too.

Moniker

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:09:20 +0800

Nevermind. I am sufficiently impressed.

joon

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:50:47 +0800

also check out gladder https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2864/ doesnt work 100% of the time, though, but its unobtrusive and requires no set-up. PS i've never gotten the tor firefox extension to work for me either.

WLW

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:32:09 +0800

@GregC: I've actually gone through the trouble to install TOR and configured it as efficiently as possible, but my access has not improved. In any case, if I am configuring it correctly, then it doesn't work, but certainly anything that takes more than a few minutes to configure isn't for everyone. However, thanks for the tip.

WLW

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:30:41 +0800

Are you posting from China? Your are referring to Privoxy, correct?

GregC

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:59:07 +0800

Firefox + TOR...end of story. Super simple, always works. And with the TOR Firefox plugin you are just one click away from having it on when you need it and off when you don't. Simple simple simple.

Bob Chippens

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:11:17 +0800

Google News and Google images often refuses to work, or is dodgy at best. www.alltheweb.com is a good alternative when Google has spat out the dummy.

Fons Tuinstra

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:06:35 +0800

The count of 'banned' websites you mention dates from 2002 and according to my impression (but nobody has redone this count) the number has decreased dramatically. In a strange way that makes the censorship more effective, since in the past you needed a proxy to do anything online. Now, because the number of blocks has diminished a large group might not even notice that they are being censored. In that way they miss the real issue in Toronto: it is not about technology, when you know you are being censored, it is pretty easy to get around it. But many people might not realize this anymore.

nanheyangrouchuan

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:13:06 +0800

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WLW

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:12:51 +0800

The connection is reset when Anonymouse attempts to access some forbidden websites. While it may work for some sites, it's obviously not option for others. In any case, it's not just about access, Psiphon also encrypts data, allowing more private communications, uploads, etc.

mark

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:41:57 +0800

that cambridge article is so long, isn't it easier just to use a proxy like http://anonymouse.org/anonwww.html