Hi, On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Jeroen Massar <jeroen@unfix.org> wrote:
On 2012-09-27 11:23 , Eugen Leitl wrote:
I'm trying to figure out whether CERNET
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CERNET
is part of the official Internet,
There is no 'official Internet', there is a 'view on the Internet'.
or is behind the Great Firewall where access to invididual networks on the public Internet must be explicitly granted. Anyone in the know?
Everything in China is behind their content filter. Only parts of Hong Kong are sometimes not yet. As far as it is known they do not 'allow' things but block specific things.
I suggest you go through http://freehaven.net/anonbib/ for a good read about the various things that are known about the thing we call GFW.
A report was published about net 'freedom' in various countries three days ago that may be worth a read in relation to this topic: http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/inline_images/FOTN%202012%20... Alex