China Cuts Off Some VPNs

jaa101 writes: The Register (UK) and the Global Times (China) report Foreign VPN service unavailable in China. A quote sourced to "one of the founders of an overseas website which monitors the Internet in China" claimed The Great Firewall is blocking the VPN on the protocol level. It means that the firewall does not need to identify each VPN provider and block its IP addresses. Rather, it can spot VPN traffic during transit and block it. An upgrade of the Great Firewall of China is blamed and China appears to be backing the need for the move to maintain cyberspace sovereignty.