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How do I overcome China firewall?
The easiest way to get around the Great Firewall of China right now is to use a virtual private network. With a VPN, you can anonymize your identity online by “spoofing” your location. While you may be in Shanghai, you’ll look like you’re in, say, Sweden or the United States.
How does China’s firewall work?
The Chinese firewall is made of transparent proxies filtering web traffic. These proxies scan the requested URI, the “Host” Header and the content of the web page (for HTTP requests) or the Server Name Indication (for HTTPS requests) for target keywords. Like for DNS filtering, this method is keyword based.
How to get around China’s Great Firewall?
Blocking VPNs: Virtual Private Network (VPNs) are a common way to circumvent the Great Firewall. Termed “ Climbing Over the Wall” (翻墙, Fan Qiang) within the Chinese community, VPNs are the cheapest and most effective method to work around the Great Firewall, albeit it is not fool-proof.
Can China’s Great Firewall block Twitter?
Blocking Access to IPs: China’s Great Firewall can also block access to certain IP addresses. For example, to prevent people from accessing Twitter’s servers even by accessing it directly at a certain IP or by using unofficial DNS servers that haven’t been poisoned, China could block access to the IP address of Twitter’s servers.
How can I see if a website is blocked in China?
You can see if a website is blocked using a tool like greatfirewallofchina.org or test whether a specific URL is blocked using the Website Pulse Great Firewall of China test tool.
How does the Great Firewall work?
The firewall does this by sending a “reset packet,” essentially lying to both computers and telling them that the connection was reset so they can’t talk to each other. Blocking VPNs: In late 2012, the Great Firewall started trying to block VPNs.