Yes, SSH tunneling is what I'm using right now. Still, VPNs would be much easier to use when you have multiple application needing to be proxified (yes, you can use Proxifier too, but VPN is as easy as plug-and-play).
Ah. If that is the message that came across, I'm quite sorry. That was meant to say, "there was censorship, but these social websites were censored since then." Facebook and Youtube weren't censored prior to the elections. The VPN connections, also, gained a wider use after the iTunes store and such were blocked, which happened after the elections. I didn't want to give a long history of what has happened in Iran, so I'm, again, sorry if I came across as incorrect.
I have tried SSH tunneling. Right now, that's how I am encrypting my connection. I've tried OpenVPN and PPTP and IpSec, and also L2TP. These are blocked (as far as I can gather). Haven't tried connecting to non-standard ports, however.
Since I live in Iran, I can vouch for it being true. The government-run media claims that the "PPTP" (and some other) protocols have been blocked, although I'm not sure how this works. I, for sure, can't access the VPN connections I used to be able to access. So I'm going to find a friend outside of Iran and ask them to start a VPN connection on port 80; just to see if they are feeding people another lie or not.:-)
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Yes. I hear SSTP works very nicely. However, I haven't been able to figure out a way to test it yet.
This seems to have happened, in fact. I can access HTTPS inside of Iran, but accessing Google AdWords, for example, over https is impossible.
Also, I'm curious to know how your PPTP still works. Have you changed the port?
Yes, SSH tunneling is what I'm using right now. Still, VPNs would be much easier to use when you have multiple application needing to be proxified (yes, you can use Proxifier too, but VPN is as easy as plug-and-play).
LOL! Guys, you might want to start ducking when you start a religious argument. As for myself, *slides safely under his desk*
Ah. If that is the message that came across, I'm quite sorry. That was meant to say, "there was censorship, but these social websites were censored since then." Facebook and Youtube weren't censored prior to the elections. The VPN connections, also, gained a wider use after the iTunes store and such were blocked, which happened after the elections. I didn't want to give a long history of what has happened in Iran, so I'm, again, sorry if I came across as incorrect.
I have tried SSH tunneling. Right now, that's how I am encrypting my connection. I've tried OpenVPN and PPTP and IpSec, and also L2TP. These are blocked (as far as I can gather). Haven't tried connecting to non-standard ports, however.
I do have my connection encrypted now, but not through VPN. *smile*
Since I live in Iran, I can vouch for it being true. The government-run media claims that the "PPTP" (and some other) protocols have been blocked, although I'm not sure how this works. I, for sure, can't access the VPN connections I used to be able to access. So I'm going to find a friend outside of Iran and ask them to start a VPN connection on port 80; just to see if they are feeding people another lie or not. :-)