[tor-bugs] #20348 [Metrics/Censorship analysis]: Kazakhstan blocking of vanilla Tor and obfs4 by Allot Communications hardware, 2016-06

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#20348: Kazakhstan blocking of vanilla Tor and obfs4 by Allot Communications
hardware, 2016-06
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 Reporter:  dcf                          |          Owner:
     Type:  project                      |         Status:  reopened
 Priority:  Medium                       |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Censorship analysis  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                       |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  censorship block kz          |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by dcf):

 Allot posted [https://twitter.com/allotcomms/status/804579667973963776 a
 tweet]
 [https://web.archive.org/web/20170123231823/https://twitter.com/allotcomms/status/804579667973963776
 (archive)] on 2016-12-01 with a screenshot of a presentation slide with
 interesting text:
 > Prevent the use of anonymity and VPN tools (TOR, Psiphon, etc.) and
 applications that are prohibited by law and track subscriber online
 activity.
 [[Image(allot-804579667973963776.jpg,width=600)]]
 [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CtLs8-WXYAAdZrw.jpg original jpg]

 The tweet links to a [http://www.allot.com/wp-content/uploads
 /WP_Emerging_Market-UseCases_2016-9-26_publish.pdf whitepaper]
 [https://web.archive.org/web/20170123213504/http://www.allot.com/wp-
 content/uploads/WP_Emerging_Market-UseCases_2016-9-26_publish.pdf
 (archive)] and [https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/14183/222661 webinar]
 [https://web.archive.org/web/20160919141837/https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/14183/222661
 (archive)]; however neither has the same text. Here is a direct link to
 the webinar video, which I haven't watched yet:
 https://cdn02.brighttalk.com/core/asset/video/222661/mp4/640/video_1476802137.mp4

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