[x-pubpol] Evidence of massive Iranian Internet blocking (SSL, etc.)

[Joly MacFie]

Covered by Ars Technica

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/iran-reportedly-blocking-encrypted-internet-traffic.ars


According to the *Washington
Post<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/iran-begins-blocking-access-to-gmail-other-sites/2012/02/09/gIQAlZ0i1Q_blog.html>
> *, Internet users are increasingly seeing the error message "According to
> computer crime regulations, access to this Web site is denied." The *
> Post's* bureau chief in Tehran, Thomas Erdbrink, says that software
> Iranians use to bypass Iran's firewall recently stopped working<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iran-increasingly-controls-its-internet/2012/02/07/gIQAxTya1Q_story.html>.
> "Many fear that the disabling of the software used to bypass the state-run
> firewall heralds the coming of what authorities have labeled the National
> Internet," Erdbrink wrote.


On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

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