Ask HN: How would you tunnel through GFW? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How would you tunnel through GFW?

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Post by dryicerx » Fri, Oct 02, 2009, 5:27 PM UTC

juvenn wrote: post #23

est wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Theoretically GFW can do that, because SSH handshake has fingerprints that can be identified. But it will irritate every administrator on this world. From a reliable source I heard they only ban SSH/VPN service if they can get a free account for testing. So if you are going to use SSH/VPN, make sure the provider do not serve free trials.

You mean that ssh fingerprints are out of the encrypted data packets, aren't they? Honest to say, I could not afford another premium VPN service.

Roll your own, start a EC2 box when ever you need one and start openVPN or use it as a SSH Tunnel :) Just consider it as a $0.1/hr charge.

Re: Ask HN: How would you tunnel through GFW?

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Post by cwan » Sat, Oct 03, 2009, 3:29 AM UTC

juvenn wrote: post #26

cwan wrote: post #9

I use witopia.net - great service - but make sure you get the more expensive ssl package (and play around trying the various nodes). As others have said, it is truly the best $60 bucks I've ever spent if you're a frequent traveler in China. I use it to watch hulu, youtube, facebook, etc. Sometimes it's a bit slower than I'd like but I often find that using it I can get foreign sites faster than even going direct.

If I could afford any premium vpn, it would be a great choice. Thanks any way.

Just in case it was ambiguous, that's $60/year... Granted, not entirely cheap but...

You can also consider http://hotspotvpn.com/ (I don't know anyone who has it but it was one of the ones that I researched before getting witopia) - $8.88 USD/month if it's the initial $60 that's an issue.

Re: Ask HN: How would you tunnel through GFW?

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Post by juvenn » Sun, Oct 04, 2009, 6:32 PM UTC

neilc wrote: post #4

TOR still works fine -- you just need to configure it to use bridges. https://www.torproject.org/bridges

Thank you neilc, it works so good, though that took me a evening to setup. And I'd recommend this to peers, it makes GFW much much harder to block, thus free us ultimately.