Project info for Break Great Firewall

Created 25 Dec 2006 at 02:46 UTC by ekashp, last modified 25 Dec 2006 at 23:36 UTC by ekashp.

Notes:

I think it's pretty obvious what we're after, if you visit the project home page. I've been been brewing up some stuff in the kitchen, and would love to hear any ideas y'all might have... Update 12/25/2006: I've added the same info here, below, as a mirror. Breaking The Great Firewall Of China
Proxies And Other Methods For Breaking The Great Firewall Of China
This web page is intended to document The Great Firewall of China, as well as a reference to various methods for circumventing the Great Firewall of China.

• Wikipedia
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_mainland_China
  Wikipedia users have compiled an excellent page discussing The Great Firewall of China.

   

• Race To The Bottom
  http://www.hrw.org/reports/2006/china0806/index.htm
  This article by Human Rights Watch is an extensive discussion of censorship in China on the internet.

   

• 2001 CPJ Article
  http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/2001/China_jan01/China_jan01.html
  An article from the Committee to Protect Journalists is titled 'The Great Firewall', and has
  some discussion of the politics of The Great Firewall of China.

   

• 2006 Business Week Article
  http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2006/tc20060112_434051.htm
  Business Week on The Great Firewall of China

   

• 2004 Guardian Article
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1349348,00.html#article_continue
  Another view I found worth reading.

   

• Internet Censorship In The People's Republic Of China
  http://www.answers.com/topic/internet-censorship-in-the-people-s-republic-of-china
  A lot of this Answers.com entry is a re-hash of the Wikipedia article, but it has a bit more
  information, including a link to a list of filtered words.

   

• Ignoring The Great Firewall Of China
  http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2006/06/27/ignoring-the-great-firewall-of-china/
  A technical discussion by Cambridge University Professor Richard Clayton

   

• PeaceFire.org
  http://www.peacefire.org/
  PeaceFire is an organization dedicated to open access for young people. They distribute
  software and run one of the most extensive proxy networks I've found. It's easy to use.

   

• Psiphon
  http://psiphon.civisec.org/
  Psiphon is a proxy tool designed by the University of Toronto to be used within a trusted
  community of users. It's easy to use.

   

• TOR - The Onion Router
  http://tor.eff.org/
  The Onion Router anonymizes and encrypts all internet services, not just web surfing. It's one
  of the more solid solutions available to use, but more difficult to implement.

   

• FreeNet - The Free Network Project
  http://freenetproject.org/
  FreeNet is very anonymous, but difficult to use.

   

• UltraReach
  http://www.ultrareach.com/company/index.htm
  UltraReach is a company reportedly started by practitioners of a religion frowned upon
  by the Government of China. The software uses a portal, http://www.ultrareach.net/, which
  has a good bit of promotion for this same group.

   

• Other Web Proxy Sites:
  • The CloakEncrypted. Free and Paid services, Good !
  • ProxyWebEncrypted. Good !
  • GuardsterFree and Paid Proxy Services. No encryption on free service.
  • WebWarperAds, no encryption.
  • AnonymouseSince 1997. No encryption.
  • Unipeak Lots of advertising, but it works. No encryption.

   

License: Concealed Weapons ?

This project has the following developers:

• ekashp is a Lead Developer.

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