Comments on: The Other Great Firewall http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/the-other-great-firewall/ Connecting Ideas Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:40:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Winston Smith http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/the-other-great-firewall/#comment-473180 Winston Smith Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:12:24 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/239#comment-473180 " If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. " " Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. " George Orwell ” If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. ”

” Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. ”
George Orwell

]]> By: Not gonna tell u http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/the-other-great-firewall/#comment-473024 Not gonna tell u Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:48:33 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/239#comment-473024 So you dont like it right? Get outta my country. Nobody is forcing you. So you dont like it right? Get outta my country. Nobody is forcing you.

]]> By: Haifa Farooqui http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/the-other-great-firewall/#comment-442218 Haifa Farooqui Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:41:37 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/239#comment-442218 Oh! It's weird alright in Saudi. I remember I would surf the US Cosmopolitan site regularly, and within 2-3 weeks half the articles in it were blocked. I still had access to the site but all other content was blocked. Weird... They not only block sites but even pages. So a lifestyle magazine will have all pages with "inappropriate content" blocked. One thing I've noticed is that the more you block content, the more weird people become. Saudi men are actually quite the playboys and the addiction to pornography is extreme here. It's weird. And sometimes if you have a CD with you at the airport, they check it! They actually play the CD and fine you if the content is "inappropriate"... Even the online Saudi community groups which haven't been blocked or now are, are filled with pornographic groups which just shows their obsession with it. lol... I reckon one needs freedom to avoid becoming a pervert. Maybe extreme content can be blocked, but they've even blocked science sites related to human reproduction and sex organs... =S Oh! It’s weird alright in Saudi. I remember I would surf the US Cosmopolitan site regularly, and within 2-3 weeks half the articles in it were blocked. I still had access to the site but all other content was blocked. Weird… They not only block sites but even pages. So a lifestyle magazine will have all pages with “inappropriate content” blocked. One thing I’ve noticed is that the more you block content, the more weird people become. Saudi men are actually quite the playboys and the addiction to pornography is extreme here. It’s weird. And sometimes if you have a CD with you at the airport, they check it! They actually play the CD and fine you if the content is “inappropriate”… Even the online Saudi community groups which haven’t been blocked or now are, are filled with pornographic groups which just shows their obsession with it. lol… I reckon one needs freedom to avoid becoming a pervert. Maybe extreme content can be blocked, but they’ve even blocked science sites related to human reproduction and sex organs… =S

]]> By: Jeff http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/the-other-great-firewall/#comment-419608 Jeff Fri, 29 May 2009 21:50:01 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/239#comment-419608 China firewall is lame – use Freedur.com to bypass it. You can bypass China Great Firewall and access youtube.com and all other sites which are blocked. China firewall is lame – use Freedur.com to bypass it. You can bypass China Great Firewall and access youtube.com and all other sites which are blocked.

]]> By: Computer Guru http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/the-other-great-firewall/#comment-37039 Computer Guru Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:27:09 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/239#comment-37039 There isn't much you <em>can</em> do... When the country you live and die in is blocking access to the sites and close proxies and loopholes even as they are found/created, there's pretty much absoloutely nothing you can do about it. There isn’t much you can do… When the country you live and die in is blocking access to the sites and close proxies and loopholes even as they are found/created, there’s pretty much absoloutely nothing you can do about it.

]]> By: Adham http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/the-other-great-firewall/#comment-37037 Adham Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:08:10 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/239#comment-37037 In Egypt, The system is totally opposite.Pornography is totally uncensored ,while political sites are censored(including bulletins that talk about politics in the way that the gov. doesn't like). In Egypt, The system is totally opposite.Pornography is totally uncensored ,while political sites are censored(including bulletins that talk about politics in the way that the gov. doesn’t like).

]]> By: Computer Guru http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/the-other-great-firewall/#comment-6769 Computer Guru Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:37:50 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/239#comment-6769 Pornography - yes. Politics: Why? Pornography – yes. Politics: Why?

]]> By: kei http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/the-other-great-firewall/#comment-6768 kei Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:43:40 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/239#comment-6768 People are free to leave the country. I personally ENCOURAGE censhorship when it comes to pornographic material (which is what is mostly censored in the middle east) People are free to leave the country.
I personally ENCOURAGE censhorship when it comes to pornographic material (which is what is mostly censored in the middle east)

]]> By: China: We don't censor the Internet. Really - Neowin Forums http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/the-other-great-firewall/#comment-6767 China: We don't censor the Internet. Really - Neowin Forums Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:11:20 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/239#comment-6767 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Actually, Saudi Arabia's firewall techniques are more invasive: http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/239It actually uses active heurestics, and content-identification algorithms to intercept and modify content intelligently on-the-fly. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Actually, Saudi Arabia's firewall techniques are more invasive: http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/239It actually uses active heurestics, and content-identification algorithms to intercept and modify content intelligently on-the-fly. [...]

]]> By: Clandestine Internet Censorship in India http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/the-other-great-firewall/#comment-6294 Clandestine Internet Censorship in India Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:16:56 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/239#comment-6294 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Middle East Firewall Analysis (Score:0) by Computer Guru (967408) on Saturday October 07, @11:02AM (#16348147) (http://neosmart.net/) NeoSmart Technologies had a very thorough analysis of Middle East firewall technologies published a while back, I think their model was the Saudi Arabian policy.... it's really interesting from a technology point-of-view, how the proxy filters on-the-fly modify incoming cookies to change them to their liking and the heuristic detection methods employed (not used in China for example). Middle East Firewalls [neosmart.net] [ Reply to This ] [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Middle East Firewall Analysis (Score:0) by Computer Guru (967408) on Saturday October 07, @11:02AM (#16348147) (http://neosmart.net/) NeoSmart Technologies had a very thorough analysis of Middle East firewall technologies published a while back, I think their model was the Saudi Arabian policy…. it’s really interesting from a technology point-of-view, how the proxy filters on-the-fly modify incoming cookies to change them to their liking and the heuristic detection methods employed (not used in China for example). Middle East Firewalls [neosmart.net] [ Reply to This ] [...]

]]> By: Alex http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/the-other-great-firewall/#comment-3961 Alex Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:45:26 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/239#comment-3961 The same thing happens EXACTLY in Iran. some regims just can't understand freedom. And I hope all of them fade away soon. The same thing happens EXACTLY in Iran. some regims just can’t understand freedom. And I hope all of them fade away soon.

]]> By: Computer Guru http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/the-other-great-firewall/#comment-3958 Computer Guru Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:57:21 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/239#comment-3958 Thanks Kris, I'm personally still on the road, but I have some shreds of internet access to hold on to :) Thanks Kris, I’m personally still on the road, but I have some shreds of internet access to hold on to :)

]]> By: Kristan M. Kenney http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/the-other-great-firewall/#comment-3957 Kristan M. Kenney Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:22:54 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/239#comment-3957 Nice read, glad to see your still with us. Nice read, glad to see your still with us.

]]> By: digg / Technology / Upcoming http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/the-other-great-firewall/#comment-3954 digg / Technology / Upcoming Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:46:40 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/239#comment-3954 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] The Great Firewall of Saudi Arabia [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] The Great Firewall of Saudi Arabia [...]

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