tor blocked
Dear Nigerians, help us help you.
Posted June 28th, 2010 by phobosYou've flooded the blog and tor-assistants with lots of cries for help about Tor, Freegate, Ultrasurf, and a slew of VPNs all being blocked. Sometimes this is through MTN Nigera, sometimes not.
http://www.herdict.org/web/explore/country/NG suggests access is a 50/50 chance for some sites.
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#Iins.... That FAQ entry is a fine place to start. Telling us Tor doesn't work lets us know there is a problem. Sending in logs from Message Log would be a great start. We need to know what Tor records while trying to connect to the Tor Network.
Someone could further startup Wireshark and record the entire session of Tor starting up and ultimately failing to connect to the Tor Network. read more »
Tor partially blocked in China
Posted September 27th, 2009 by phobosOn September 25, 2009, the Great Firewall of China blocked the public list of relays and directory authorities by simple IP address blocks. Currently, about 80% of the public relays are blocked by IP address and TCP port combination. Tor users are still connecting to the network through bridges. At the simplest level, bridges are non-public relays that don't exit traffic, but instead send it on to the rest of the Tor network.
If you want to help people in China get access to the uncensored Internet, run a bridge.
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