Tell HN: Russia has started blocking OpenVPN/WireGuard connections

For the past three days Russians have been unable to use their VPN services working via OpenVPN/WireGuard protocols, and some even have reported that in certain situations SSH connections have stopped working.

The prospect of an isolated Russian interweb has become oh so real.

As a person currently residing in Russia I can confirm that I've been unable to connect to my favourite VPN provider for the past three days, not even its official application works.

I've not seen any discussions on the English-peaking Internet, not it's been in the news for some reasons despite its importance in preserving freedom of information and opinions.

In the Russian internet it's being hotly debated here: https://habr-com.translate.goog/ru/companies/xeovo/articles/...

More on the topic: https://torrentfreak.com/tag/russia/

It's been rumored to be DPI and what's even worse it's being done by circumventing sanctions: https://theins.ru/en/politics/265749

Maybe that's why while playing dota2 in EU, as a support, I have been getting in the last few days very bad cores? Or am I into a lose streak which valve matchmaking became master at crafting for us once in a while?

With some luck they end up blocking their own troll farms.

I don't believe it is true. They might block commercial solutions, but i'm using Wiregiard with exit point in Netherlands right now, works fine (although on certain providers, I've seen some throttling, but that could just be coincidental)

UPD: I asked some friends, some of them have faced probmes. I guess it is not protocol block, but instead combination of protocol and "suspicious" server. Mine has stuff other then VPN running on it, so it might have flown under the radar.