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Re: [tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE
#25137: Tor blocked in UAE
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Reporter: mwolfe | Owner: dcf
Type: task | Status: closed
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Obfuscation/Censorship analysis | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution: fixed
Keywords: censorship block ae | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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Comment (by mwolfe):
Thanks for the link to gulfnews. I read that article. The new policy is
that one must rent Botim from the TRA for $30 a month. My cousin is 93,
knows how to use Skype, and does not want to learn Botim. I tried a free
VPN, but it didn't work. And, if one uses a credit card for a VPN, the
bank will report the credit card charge to the government.
Since, many years ago, they blocked Tor for a few days then unblocked it,
I tried again with 'My ISP blocks Tor' unchecked. Tor loaded. I tried to
view a site. It had a hard time downloading. Speed was limited to 16K.
Normally, the site downloads at 400K - 1M. After 5 minutes, it was still
loading. I tried trac.torproject.org. Again, it started to load, but after
5 minutes, was still loading with the Tor start page still visible.
So I think the block is part of the block of Skype. Tor is (mis)identified
as a way to do VOIP and so is choked, not blocked. I could read the New
York Times, but today's paper would take until next week to load. One can
still type over Skype, but not talk, so the anti-VOIP is based on
identifying VOIP and choking the traffic, not blocking it.
Fortunately, ofps4, meek, and Snowflake circumvent the choke.
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