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Re: Belarus has shut down the internet amid a controversial election

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UDP is blocked completely or almost completely

ICMP then?

internet is restored, for now. There could be some ways to bypass blocking (e.g. SSH tunnel via TCP works just fine, unlike all popular proxy protocols), needs more investigation. Until next time then :/

Re: Belarus has shut down the internet amid a controversial election

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Exactly, reminds me of when Asst. Sec. of State Victoria Nuland went and handed out sandwiches to supporters of the coup in the Maidan! And we have the nerve to be upset when other countries meddle in our affairs? How would we feel if a high-level Russian diplomat went out on the streets in the DC protests and handed out food to members of antifa or the alt-right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztt72mpTPXA

I inherently don't like these sorts whataboutism used in your comment, it's a poor approach to questioning the morality/strategy of any country and but-the-US-did-x-minor-thing has long been used by dictators and the like to justify horrible things. Especially when it's not even top-down but a single phone call of some mid-tier diplomat. That said, after reading Nuland's Wikipedia her brazenness is something I'd expe…

>Most importantly this is not anywhere near the level of intervention shown by Russia.

A country that borders it and has been repeatedly invaded via it.

Re: Belarus has shut down the internet amid a controversial election

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ICMP then?

internet is restored, for now. There could be some ways to bypass blocking (e.g. SSH tunnel via TCP works just fine, unlike all popular proxy protocols), needs more investigation. Until next time then :/

Ahhh. With SSH working you have options. :)

If it happens again (but SSH still works), then to enable general web browsing you can:

1. Set up Squid (a proxy server) on a remote host. eg a VM in Digital Ocean. You may need to ask someone to do this for you, if you don't have a VM you can access remotely already.

2. Configure SSH to proxy traffic from your (desktop) web browser to that remote Squid server

3. Configure your browser (eg Firefox/Chrome) to use the new SSH proxy

It sounds like you're familiar with the Linux or macOS command line, so you shouldn't have much trouble.

I've done exactly this before, and it works reliably. Browsing speed is a bit slower than standard though, but not horrible. :)

Re: Belarus has shut down the internet amid a controversial election

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So-called "elections" after 5th-6th term are a bad joke. Face it, ex-Soviet republics Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan never seazed to be totalitarian regimes with pathetic tries to convince the world they adopted some democracy.

I don't think it's impossible for elected officials to be liked for 5 or 6 terms. In Germany Merkel is so well liked that most people (>70% according to polls) are actually sad that she doesn't want to run for a 5th term.

I don't think Merkel put political opponents behind bars like Belarusian president (de-facto allowed to be lifetime in the office), or assassinate, like his Russian colleague (lifetime in the office as welll).

Re: Belarus has shut down the internet amid a controversial election

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internet is restored, for now. There could be some ways to bypass blocking (e.g. SSH tunnel via TCP works just fine, unlike all popular proxy protocols), needs more investigation. Until next time then :/

Ahhh. With SSH working you have options. :) If it happens again (but SSH still works), then to enable general web browsing you can: 1. Set up Squid (a proxy server) on a remote host. eg a VM in Digital Ocean. You may need to ask someone to do this for you, if you don't have a VM you can access remotely already. 2. Configure SSH to proxy traffic from your (desktop) web browser to that remote Squid server 3. Configure…

UPD: new "no internet thing". (Because: http://lon-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/2020-08-23_v.mp4 ) They are learning. _mobile_ internet is blocked completely, no dns/icmp/udp/ssh/http/https/etc is going through, landline is operational but could be blocked as well on a whim
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