Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 22:41:41 -0400 From: "Brian" <ircd@wrath.com> To: <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Methods to detect Internet censorship. Message-ID: <003a01c22628$fd847960$0b01a8c0@fear.wrath.net> References: <F94LZQWTRxoPsIc839x00009bd9@hotmail.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Okasawa" <kimokasawa@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>; <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 4:01 PM Subject: Methods to detect Internet censorship. > Dear all, > > First, I need to apologize because this question is not FreeBSD-specific, > but I believe I may be able to find some good answers or insights from here. > > Currently I'm working on a research project about Internet censorship in > certain Asia and middle east countries. I need to find out which US > websites has been blocked by those countries (e.g. CNN, NY Times, Wall > Street Journal, etc.) Pretty common thing, I don't really see a problem with it though. If China wants to brainwash its people into believing that it was a careless american that crashed into a heroic asian airman all the power to them. The real truth is only how many people are gullible enough to believe it. It's kind of funny how many countries are worried about security and snag every file that is tarred or winzipped that wanders through their servers but yet you can bounce terabytes of spam off their servers. They'll filter the BBC, CBC, and CNN but yet child pornography run rampant. Oh well, everyone sets their own priorities. <snip> > 1. Buy shell or dial-up accounts from ISPs in such countries and remotely do > a HTTP GET to see if the requested webpages come back. > > Problem: I cannot get shell or dial-up accounts from all regions in every > countries because some of them either don't accept credit card or don't deal > with foreigners. Sadly, your best bet is to advertise somewhere that you would be willing to pay a private citizen of that country some money if you could use one of their machines for research. American Universities should work since most first, second, and third world countries that might have internet access usually send students to 'merica to go to school. It's usually the rich ones that are sent there and therefore a high chance that they'll have a computer and internet access at their home country if it is internet capable. This isn't exactly a speedy process though. Your next best bet is to get ahold of ambassador's offices in other countries and tell them that you're looking for a machine you can use for research that is hooked to the internet. If you're real nice people will usually help you out. A friend of mine at school did this recently. Most of the machines he used were businesses. Most of us Americans can't stand slow internet access so American companies usually go with satellite so it doesn't do you much good. When you can send a file faster using floppies and the Pony Express it's a bit rediculous. Plus, certain unnamed countries have a serious problem with security. I hope you're not in a hurry to do this. <snip> > Thank you all for the helps. > > Best Regards, > Kim Okasawa -Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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