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Defeating China's National Firewall

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the obligitory-harry-potter-reference dept.

Bruce Schneier is reporting on his blog that a recent paper is discussing how to defeat China's national firewall. From the article: "However, because the original packets are passed through the firewall unscathed, if both of the endpoints were to completely ignore the firewall's reset packets, then the connection will proceed unhindered! We've done some real experiments on this -- and it works just fine!! Think of it as the Harry Potter approach to the Great Firewall -- just shut your eyes and walk onto Platform 9¾."

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  1. The sound you hear... by jollyroger1210 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...is a billion Chinese walking into the great wall of China...all at once.

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  2. Dear Guys, by bunions · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks for doing the security analysis for us. We appreciate your hard work and excellent documentation.

    Your Pal,

    Wen

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  3. Damn you Mongolians! by x2A · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's the last time you break down my shitty firewall!

    Jeez, why is it everytime chinese build a wall, those damn mongolians gotta break it down?

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  4. for those who didn't read harry potter by Lord+Ender · · Score: 3, Funny

    Could we just think of this as the "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" approach?

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  5. Re:How to get drugs into USA by bunions · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sure do. Dear Rest Of The World: SEND MORE DRUGS.

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  6. Bad example! by Tribbin · · Score: 5, Funny
    ... and it works just fine!! Think of it as the Harry Potter approach to the Great Firewall -- just shut your eyes and walk onto Platform 9¾.


    Or you just type in:

    idspispopd = Walk through wall in noclip style
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  7. Re:Publish and Perish by x2A · · Score: 4, Funny

    But can we use this with a machine coded matrix to get Jack Bauer out?

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  8. Re:Publish and Perish by irm · · Score: 3, Funny

    It doesn't really matter: no one in China can read Slashdot, so they'll never know.

  9. You forgot something... by Kadin2048 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think your post got cut off. Would you please repost?

    You can pick up from "Here's how you can get those poor miserable people the drugs they want and need..."

    Thanks!

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  10. Re:Publish and Perish by TheLastUser · · Score: 3, Funny

    Someone should tell them that they put their firewall in backwards.