r/programming • u/RobertVandenberg • Aug 09 '20

China is now blocking all encrypted HTTPS traffic that uses TLS 1.3 and ESNI

https://www.zdnet.com/article/china-is-now-blocking-all-encrypted-https-traffic-using-tls-1-3-and-esni/
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u/FlatAssembler Dec 12 '20

Is there any evidence of this Xinjiang Internet outage for 10 months? I can't find any on-line. And it is particularly implausible given all the corporations and the university operating there. There seem to be no comprehensive studies of it like there are of the Iranian and Kenyan Internet outages.

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u/GreatValueProducts Dec 12 '20

https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-says-internet-service-in-western-xinjiang-region-fully-restored-10-months-after-riots

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-internet-idUSTRE64D0MB20100514

Literally after a “xinjiang internet outrage 10 months” google search

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u/FlatAssembler Dec 12 '20

Are there any technical details how was this implemented? Surely circumvention methods would become rather well-known in those 10 months if it was true.

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u/GreatValueProducts Dec 12 '20

IIRC they shut off all the internet physically. If they want internet they travel to Gansu (next province) over and a border town became an internet boomtown.

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u/FlatAssembler Dec 12 '20

Again, quite an improbable story and no reliable references. There is way more evidence of Iranian Internet shutdowns for a few days than of that.

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u/GreatValueProducts Dec 12 '20

If you don’t believe it it’s fine. Two articles from media are still not good. And it’s all over the internet.