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Re: Tell HN: GitHub is partially blocked in India

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Post by [deleted] »

hexagonwin wrote: post #48
ignoramous wrote: post #3

For folks looking to bypass these rudimentary DPI blocks, you don't really need a VPN. DoH + one of these should be enough On Windows: - GoodbyeDPI: https://github.com/ValdikSS/GoodbyeDPI ( https://ntc.party/c/community-software/goodbyedpi/8 ) On Mac / Linux: - GreenTunnel: https://github.com/SadeghHayeri/GreenTunnel ( https://www.npmjs.com/package/green-tunnel ) On Android: - Intra: https://github.com/jigsaw-code/in…

Is there a way to run one of these on the router level, using something like OpenWrt? DoH already works really well.

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Re: Tell HN: GitHub is partially blocked in India

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Post by hectorm »

Can anyone from India confirm if this proxy server [1] is enough to bypass the block?

Basically it is a proxy that alters HTTPS traffic to prevent DPI systems from detecting the domain during the TLS handshake. At least in Spain it works for me to bypass the blocking of the major ISPs [2].

[1] https://github.com/hectorm/demergi

[2] https://github.com/hectorm/demergi/blob/master/ISP.md

Re: Tell HN: GitHub is partially blocked in India

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Post by josephcsible »

silon42 wrote: post #69
josephcsible wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hence the "no fallback" point. Bad guys can always block entire IPs, and by not having a fallback to insecure SNI, that's their only choice.

As someone who doesn't want untrusted devices on my network, I'd want to be able to encrypt SNI at my firewall.

How do you propose things be set up such that it's possible for you to enforce that at your firewall without censorious governments being able to at theirs?

Re: Tell HN: GitHub is partially blocked in India

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Post by nmz »

coliveira wrote: post #50

The fact that people rely on GitHub, even when it is based on git, which is free and distributed software, shows how easy it is for big companies to force users into their closed software.

I don't see how that is relevant. of what worth is git if the website where you fetch most of your repos is dead?

Re: Tell HN: GitHub is partially blocked in India

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Post by bastardoperator »

coliveira wrote: post #50

The fact that people rely on GitHub, even when it is based on git, which is free and distributed software, shows how easy it is for big companies to force users into their closed software.

GitHub is free for individuals and OSS projects... Most people don't want to manage their own vanilla Git server. GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket provide collaboration features you'll never see in Git.

Re: Tell HN: GitHub is partially blocked in India

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Post by ignoramous »

melvyn2 wrote: post #56
ignoramous wrote: post #3

For folks looking to bypass these rudimentary DPI blocks, you don't really need a VPN. DoH + one of these should be enough On Windows: - GoodbyeDPI: https://github.com/ValdikSS/GoodbyeDPI ( https://ntc.party/c/community-software/goodbyedpi/8 ) On Mac / Linux: - GreenTunnel: https://github.com/SadeghHayeri/GreenTunnel ( https://www.npmjs.com/package/green-tunnel ) On Android: - Intra: https://github.com/jigsaw-code/in…

OP claims it’s SNI based and not DNS based, so switching DNS providers likely won’t do anything.

> OP claims it's SNI based and not DNS based, so switching DNS providers likely won’t do anything.

All the apps listed do get past most rudimentary SNI-based blocks, incl GoodbyeDPI which is pretty sophisticated. One still needs DoH because (unencrypted) DNS is the weakest link.

Re: Tell HN: GitHub is partially blocked in India

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Post by akmittal »

faheel wrote: post #66
melvyn2 wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OP claims it’s SNI based and not DNS based, so switching DNS providers likely won’t do anything.

For me, and many others on Twitter, updating the DNS worked (I used 1.1.1.1). Though I'm not sure why.

Same for me, i changes DNS and it worked

Re: Tell HN: GitHub is partially blocked in India

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Post by rubyist5eva »

themitigating wrote: post #17
HideousKojima wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How, exactly, do you propose doing that? Do you mean hiring lawyers to try and get the court's decision reversed? Or lobbying to get legislation passed to prevent courts from being able to do things like this in the future? And if the court's decision doesn't get reversed and/or the legislation doesn't pass, what then?

Go after the supporters of the people who implemented the ban.

"go after" how exactly?
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