Comments on: Censorship 2.0: China Blocks Google Search, Apps, GMail, and More http://www.johnnychin.com/blog/2009/06/censorship-20-china-blocks-google-search-apps-gmail-and-more/ my 2-¢ents worth of thoughts and opinions Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:09:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Johnny http://www.johnnychin.com/blog/2009/06/censorship-20-china-blocks-google-search-apps-gmail-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Johnny Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:52:06 +0000 http://www.johnnychin.com/blog/2009/06/censorship-20-china-blocks-google-search-apps-gmail-and-more/#comment-54 OpenDNS only helps when China is "changing" DNS lookups. OpenDNS has helped in the past, but recently it seems that recently the ISPs are required to block foreign DNS lookups. When using OpenDNS, lookups timeout. Changing back to the ISP DNS servers, it resolves. Maybe it is different in Shanghai, but in Guangzhou using OpenDNS is not helping. Heck, my client has their own proxy server in the US, even that is not working. The requests are processed through the proxy, but all of sudden the browser in China shows "connection interrupted". Using the same proxy in the US, everything works. So China must now have a way of "seeing" into the proxy stream and breaking it. OpenDNS only helps when China is “changing” DNS lookups. OpenDNS has helped in the past, but recently it seems that recently the ISPs are required to block foreign DNS lookups. When using OpenDNS, lookups timeout. Changing back to the ISP DNS servers, it resolves. Maybe it is different in Shanghai, but in Guangzhou using OpenDNS is not helping.

Heck, my client has their own proxy server in the US, even that is not working. The requests are processed through the proxy, but all of sudden the browser in China shows “connection interrupted”. Using the same proxy in the US, everything works. So China must now have a way of “seeing” into the proxy stream and breaking it.

]]> By: stephen http://www.johnnychin.com/blog/2009/06/censorship-20-china-blocks-google-search-apps-gmail-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-53 stephen Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:25:20 +0000 http://www.johnnychin.com/blog/2009/06/censorship-20-china-blocks-google-search-apps-gmail-and-more/#comment-53 Has your client tried setting up <a href="https://www.opendns.com/" rel="nofollow">OpenDNS</a> on their network (or even individual workstations)? I'm in Shanghai and it's helped me get around the annoying Great Firewall issues with Google.com, Gmail, Analytics, etc. all day today. Has your client tried setting up OpenDNS on their network (or even individual workstations)? I’m in Shanghai and it’s helped me get around the annoying Great Firewall issues with Google.com, Gmail, Analytics, etc. all day today.

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