[tor-bugs] #20348 [Metrics/Censorship analysis]: kz no need tor, tor no need kz, if anybody want they can to use ultrasurf. cyberoam assists bloody dictatorships.

Mon Dec 5 06:36:14 UTC 2016

#20348: kz no need tor, tor no need kz, if anybody want they can to use ultrasurf.
cyberoam assists bloody dictatorships.
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 Reporter:  dcf                          |          Owner:
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Component:  Metrics/Censorship analysis  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                       |     Resolution:  invalid
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Comment (by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:128 cypherpunks]:
 > How to reliably confirm/deny vendor of censorship box? It can be
 fortinet, cyberoam, bluecoat, something yet.

 Here is one paper on the subject:
   http://conferences.sigcomm.org/imc/2013/papers/imc112s-dalekA.pdf
 They do an Internet-wide search (using e.g. [https://www.shodan.io/
 Shodan], [https://censys.io/ Censys], or [https://scans.io/ scans.io]
 data) for known strings. Then they submit new URLs and see whether they
 get blocked.

 Here's an example of using the technique to identify Netsweeper in
 Pakistan:
   https://citizenlab.org/2013/06/o-pakistan/

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