Iran Blocks VPN Ports

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 6, 2011 @01:50AM from the why-do-you-hate-freedom dept.

First time accepted submitter Parham90 writes "After the Iranian post-election events that led to massive riots and break-outs through the world, the Iranian government started blocking all social websites, including Facebook, Youtube, Orkut, MySpace and Twitter. The Iranians, however, started using VPN (virtual private network) connections to bypass censorship. Since Thursday, September 30, 2011, all VPN ports have however been blocked, in the first attempt to start what the Iranian government calls the 'National Internet.'"

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Re:It's time to invade. by orphiuchus · 2011-10-06 02:15 · Score: 3, Insightful

The problem is its actually the minority that wants freedom. Seriously.
Iran's rural population is huge, and its made up of what basically amount to Muslim rednecks. They're the morons who keep assholes in power, and they probably all support this idea.
Re:It's somehow done by Parham90 · 2011-10-06 02:24 · Score: 3, Insightful

I do have my connection encrypted now, but not through VPN. *smile*