Comment Re:China is NOT firewalled (Score 1) 217
On a recent visit to China, I found that none of the cybercafes I visited allowed me to open an ssh connection to a remote server. Also, the private internet cafes did not allow me to create any kind of ssl connection. However, the offical one inside the postal office allowed to do that.
While this is obviously not a representative study, it seems evidence that certain types of connections (ie. those that cannot be monitored) are difficult to establish from computers that are publically accessible .
As the economist article points out, censorship does not need to be wateright to be effective.
While this is obviously not a representative study, it seems evidence that certain types of connections (ie. those that cannot be monitored) are difficult to establish from computers that are publically accessible .
As the economist article points out, censorship does not need to be wateright to be effective.
