China Cuts Off Some VPNs

Posted by timothy on Friday January 23, 2015 @05:39PM from the we-see-what-you-did-there dept.

jaa101 writes The Register (UK) and the Global Times (China) report that foreign VPN services are unavailable in China. A quote sourced to "one of the founders of an overseas website which monitors the Internet in China" claimed 'The Great Firewall is blocking the VPN on the protocol level. It means that the firewall does not need to identify each VPN provider and block its IP addresses. Rather, it can spot VPN traffic during transit and block it.' An upgrade of the Great Firewall of China is blamed and China appears to be backing the need for the move to maintain cyberspace sovereignty.

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Re:What's the difference between China and EU? by Slashjones · 2015-01-23 18:02 · Score: 1, Flamebait

But when your own Western countries decide to block IS websites which encourage violence and mayhems to Europe / America why you guys never cry foul?
Who is "you guys"? I assure you that not everyone is part of some sort of mindless hivemind just because they live in a certain country. I'm against all censorship, whether it's the US, the EU, or China doing it.