OpenVPN can use any port and is not detected as regular VPN communication, and can thus bypass firewalls that blocks VPN communication.
OpenVPN was blocked even in 2010. No protocol (UDP or TCP) and port combination worked. Both normal and static key configuration were detected and blocked.
tcpdump showed a short packet exchange between the client and the server, and after that the connection completely died. Subsequent tries on the same protocol and port were completely blocked too (probably blacklisted).
Even so, I find it weird that OpenVPN was blocked while PPTP was allowed. Maybe they had/have a way of attacking PPTP ?
What worked back then and might still work is SSH (including tunneling). With access to a server outside Iran and a bit of imagination many things can be done with SSH tunneling.
What Anonymous/LulzSec do (a good percentage of the time) is illegal anyways, yes? Why the crap do we need new laws when what they do is already criminal?
Because there isn't enough profit made from the current laws.
A growing tactic among the ruling elite is to accuse the political opposition of insulting the king, allowing for censorship and political imprisonment of those who dare speak out.
Since child prostitution exists and is unofficially accepted there, they can't go for "protect the children" slogan, so they are going for "protect the king".
This entire disaster has been framed as a failure of nuclear power almost every time it comes up. People don't seem to say this was a failure of management or engineering in these discussions.
Is there a difference ? Aren't management and engineering part of the process ?
Use TorButton then (the Windows bundle includes it IIRC). AFAIK it solves most of the problems you mentioned. If you are using Firefox 4 then you need the alpha version from here.
Add to that BetterPrivacy, and you should be much harder to track.
Well, a corporation's primary allegiance is to its shareholders,not to any random consumer, and their first task is to turn a profit, not to be the Goodie Good Guys.
Luckily there are laws protecting us from the corporations and their allegiances. At least partially. And at least for now.
Machines have less problems. I'd like to be a machine. -- Andy Warhol