I am hearing reports of Internet blockage in / to Tunisia, where a near full-on revolt is being coordinated / reported on by social media such as twitter ( #sidibouzid ), Facebook and Youtube. Can anyone confirm that there is blockage ? Are there any in-country resources to check this ? There does not appear to be a looking glass in Tunisia. Regards Marshall
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 05:50:09AM -0500, Marshall Eubanks <tme@americafree.tv> wrote a message of 10 lines which said:
Can anyone confirm that there is blockage ?
There exists filtering for a long time and it is widely documented. I am not aware of a global blockage today.
Are there any in-country resources to check this ?
The Web site of the Tunisian Internet agency, <http://www.ati.tn/>, it is hosted in Tunis, as are some of the name servers of .TN like ns2.ati.tn.
On 11/01/2011 10:50, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
I am hearing reports of Internet blockage in / to Tunisia, where a near full-on revolt is being coordinated / reported on by social media such as twitter ( #sidibouzid ), Facebook and Youtube.
Can anyone confirm that there is blockage ? Are there any in-country resources to check this ? There does not appear to be a looking glass in Tunisia.
Are you referring to this: http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201101/6651/Tunisian-government-har... (short url: http://tinyurl.com/36tu64h) Nick
On Jan 11, 2011, at 6:03 AM, Nick Hilliard wrote:
On 11/01/2011 10:50, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
I am hearing reports of Internet blockage in / to Tunisia, where a near full-on revolt is being coordinated / reported on by social media such as twitter ( #sidibouzid ), Facebook and Youtube.
Can anyone confirm that there is blockage ? Are there any in-country resources to check this ? There does not appear to be a looking glass in Tunisia.
Are you referring to this:
http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201101/6651/Tunisian-government-har...
(short url: http://tinyurl.com/36tu64h)
No, I have received personal communications. On twitter right now there are frequent claims that all https is blocked (presumably a port blocking). Regards Marshall
Nick
On Tuesday 11 January 2011 14:58:51 Marshall Eubanks wrote:
On twitter right now there are frequent claims that all https is blocked (presumably a port blocking).
A quick search pulls up. http://www.cpj.org/internet/2011/01/tunisia-invades-censors-facebook-other-a... Since Gmail defaults to HTTPS, and many other sites left to their own devices, it is necessary for an attacker to try and force clients to use HTTP or start conversation using HTTP (so that no one notices when the important bit isn't encrypted, or to enable javascript from a third part to be injected). NoScript for Firefox has a force HTTPS for a domain feature. http://noscript.net/faq#qa6_3 But what clients really need is a way for servers to say "always use encryption". http://noscript.net/faq#STS Of course when it gets to the level of countries, it is quite plausible your browser may already trust a certificate authority under their jurisdiction so all bets are off. I think I'm saying HTTPS doesn't quite hack it in browsers yet, but it will be "secure enough" real soon now.
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