I have an idea, however I am inexperienced in networking or Opsec.
Would it be possible to setup a VPN inside Iran and for me to connect to this VPN, using my connection as a gateway?
Tell HN: The Internet situation inside Iran
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#112Hi, I'm in Sweden and currently I've setup a OpenVPN Server in a VPS with Finland location. sometimes it works inside Iran. by the way I'm ready for any help
Re: Tell HN: The Internet situation inside Iran
#113Here's how to create a Signal proxy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf-mtjEF4t0
For those who just want the instructions in plain text: https://signal.org/blog/run-a-proxy/
Re: Tell HN: The Internet situation inside Iran
#114Signal is setting up proxies so users in Iran using Signal could update their proxy settings in the app to bypass the block for that at least. Not sure to what extent things are being blocked, but if you can get connections to SOME outside services, this might help people to organize means of communication. The proxies are also setup by people outside of Iran and it doesn't really matter if someone in Iran leaks a pr…
I set up several proxies, and only sent their addresses per mail. A Problem is that we have no idea which contact is trustful and which not, so in the end our proxies were blocked after a really short amount of time. Does anyone has successfully deployed such a proxy and it has actually been used without being blocked? Is there any best practice / experience? I am furthermore searching for a method to check whether i…
> we have no idea which contact is trustful and which not
Is this a concern? The Signal Proxy is designed so that the person running it cannot see any content. I guess the concern is them seeing your IP, and a VPN is not usable?
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#115Just curious, is there some sort of special license or permission required to get access to computing resources like these in Iran, like there is with the Chinese website license number thing? I have thought about trying to run a VPN server on my EC2 web server for my friends in Iran but not sure if regular VPN protocols are even allowed through. I don't think they know what Tor is much less how to set it up with a c…
You don't actually need the license for computing resources in China, it's "only" necessary when you're hosting public-facing web pages specifically
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#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
I set up several proxies, and only sent their addresses per mail. A Problem is that we have no idea which contact is trustful and which not, so in the end our proxies were blocked after a really short amount of time. Does anyone has successfully deployed such a proxy and it has actually been used without being blocked? Is there any best practice / experience? I am furthermore searching for a method to check whether i…
> we have no idea which contact is trustful and which not Is this a concern? The Signal Proxy is designed so that the person running it cannot see any content. I guess the concern is them seeing your IP, and a VPN is not usable?
They mean that if the proxy is sent to a non-trustful contact, it will quickly get reported and blocked.
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#117Another thing i haven't seen mentioned yet here is ping/icmp tunnels. I have not played with them myself and don't claim any insight to its suitability in and of itself here. Just throwing another hopefully sticky idea at the wall. Maybe, it can be useful deployed in tandem with something else.
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#118What happened to starlink?
Terminals have to get in-country and there needs to be usable ground stations in the same cell as the terminal. Good luck getting a terminal to Tehran where the police are apparently gleefully destroying satellite dishes. Even if you got an intact terminal there's no ground station nearby. StarLink has been given special dispensation to operate in Iran. This is not the same as air dropping a warehouse worth of termin…
Besides, installing a Starlink dish is rather visible from the outside and from aerial survey, besides radio-scanning (that most probably isn't happening):
https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-starlink-internet-ukr...
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#119regarding V2Ray VMess and ShadowSocks, I believe you could directly create issues or contact their maintainers for help, they are willing to help since we have been fighting against THE FIREWALL for many years, there are lots of active communities.
yes, v2ray VMess shadowsocks is the best protocal in the world.