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China more aggressively blocking users who try to circumvent its Great Firewall

China more aggressively blocking users who try to circumvent its Great Firewall Created by MG1 on Apr 05, 2012

Internet users in China have long used the Tor anonymity network as a method to get around the country's notorious firewall, but a few Swedish researchers have discovered that China is making it more difficult to surf anonymously by increasing the sophistication of its Tor-blocking tools. Tor essentially works by encrypting and randomly routing traffic through a series of relay servers around the globe. Additionally, Tor uses unlisted "bridge relays" for users to gain an additional level of anonymity when browsing — thanks to these unlisted bridges, ISPs won't be able to block them even if they are blocking other Tor links. »read more

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