[tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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#25137: Tor blocked in UAE
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 Reporter:  mwolfe                           |          Owner:  dcf
     Type:  defect                           |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                           |      Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                           |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  censorship block ae              |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                                   |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:9 dcf]:
 > Thanks for this information. I didn't know that. Do you know what the
 port numbers are, or any additional information? If so, please add it to
 the table at [[doc/MetricsTimeline#Unknown]]. (Seems like there should be
 a ticket for the UAE anomalies, but
 Took a bit of DDG search but I finally found the article that was talking
 about that: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nearly-one-
 million-systems-provide-guest-smb-access-most-are-linux/

 > There are 2,306,820 devices connected to the Internet at the moment that
 feature open ports for SMB services, the same protocol that was used to
 infect hundreds of thousands of computers with the WannaCry ransomworm a
 month ago.
 >
 > Of these, 42%, or nearly 970,000, provide "guest" access, meaning anyone
 can access data shared via the SMB file-sharing protocol without needing
 to provide authentication. [...] Samba itself is also plagued by a
 vulnerability called SambaCry that affects all Samba installations
 released in the past seven years. This flaw has been used to take over
 Linux servers with open SMB ports and install cryptocurrency miners. [...]
 Matherly points out that almost half of the devices that have Samba SMB
 guest access enabled are '''located on the network of Etisalat, a large
 ISP in UAE.'''

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