Posted: 2/22/2013 9:32:07 AM EDT
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Here's a question that's way outside of my comfort zone. I'm moving to a location outside the U.S. that severly restricts internet access. My sponsor tells me that I should get this: WiTopia VPN.
Can anyone tell me about it? I can't drill down on the company at work, the site is restricted. I'll be running the VPN on a MacBook Pro and a I-pad. I did try to seach this forum, but no luck. |
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Try posting in this thread--> Ask a computer forensics expert anything |
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Here's the important question: In the location where you will be, is accessing "forbidden" stuff simply a matter of it not being accessible, or is it a matter of you getting in a lot of trouble with the authorities if you are caught? This If you have never been overseas it is hard to fathom what things are illegal in other countries, and the penalties. |
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Here's a question that's way outside of my comfort zone. I'm moving to a location outside the U.S. that severly restricts internet access. My sponsor tells me that I should get this: WiTopia VPN. Can anyone tell me about it? I can't drill down on the company at work, the site is restricted. I'll be running the VPN on a MacBook Pro and a I-pad. I did try to seach this forum, but no luck. Question is really where will you be? There are some places where you can get around filtering and blocking and others (China) where it will be down right impossible. Also the speed of internet over wherever you are going will play a big factor as well. VPN will slow down the connection. So if the bandwidth is shitty to begin with a VPN will make it even shittier. |
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Yep, you guessed it, China. And no, they cannot arrest me, but they could ask me to leave.... So sounds like you are a State Dept employee or DAO and will be working at the Embassy or one of the consulates. Yes they cant arrest you but can ask you to politely GTFO. Honestly I say good luck they don't call it the great firewall of China for nothing. I am sure they have that shit on lock down. |
| There is some interesting work being done with disguising Tor traffic as something else, such as Skype traffic, to fool the Chinese firewall. Look into obfsproxy for Tor. It's a bit limited now, and not totally perfect, but it's a good temporary way to defeat systems that block the Tor protocol. The downside is that you're using Tor, so you're still going to have to think about what you're sending past the exit node. |
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Quoted: There is some interesting work being done with disguising Tor traffic as something else, such as Skype traffic, to fool the Chinese firewall. Look into obfsproxy for Tor. It's a bit limited now, and not totally perfect, but it's a good temporary way to defeat systems that block the Tor protocol. The downside is that you're using Tor, so you're still going to have to think about what you're sending past the exit node. Um, what you send past the exit node is encrypted by default with the HTTPS Everywhere default add-on for Tor. I don't know where you are getting that. Tor is perfectly safe to use. The only way anyone could ever find out who or what you are doing, is if they owned the entrance and exit nodes used...which is virtually impossible. I agree that VPN will raise some red flags. You might get black listed fairly quick. Nothing will come of it though. No black helicopters in the night or anything. You might want to check out www.greatfirewallofchina.org - This allows for testing of chinese proxys against certain websites. Also try Strong VPN for your VPN solution.
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Quoted: Quoted: There is some interesting work being done with disguising Tor traffic as something else, such as Skype traffic, to fool the Chinese firewall. Look into obfsproxy for Tor. It's a bit limited now, and not totally perfect, but it's a good temporary way to defeat systems that block the Tor protocol. The downside is that you're using Tor, so you're still going to have to think about what you're sending past the exit node. Um, what you send past the exit node is encrypted by default with the HTTPS Everywhere default add-on for Tor. I don't know where you are getting that. Tor is perfectly safe to use. The only way anyone could ever find out who or what you are doing, is if they owned the entrance and exit nodes used...which is virtually impossible. I agree that VPN will raise some red flags. You might get black listed fairly quick. Nothing will come of it though. No black helicopters in the night or anything. You might want to check out www.greatfirewallofchina.org - This allows for testing of chinese proxys against certain websites. Also try Strong VPN for your VPN solution. No it isn't because not every site uses HTTPS. HTTPS Everywhere is great, but it only forces an SSL/TLS connection to sites that offer it, not to every single website. Depending on where the OP is going, it could be an issue. AR15.com for example is an unsecure connection regardless of HTTPS Everywhere being enabled. |
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There is some interesting work being done with disguising Tor traffic as something else, such as Skype traffic, to fool the Chinese firewall. Look into obfsproxy for Tor. It's a bit limited now, and not totally perfect, but it's a good temporary way to defeat systems that block the Tor protocol. The downside is that you're using Tor, so you're still going to have to think about what you're sending past the exit node. Um, what you send past the exit node is encrypted by default with the HTTPS Everywhere default add-on for Tor. I don't know where you are getting that. Tor is perfectly safe to use. The only way anyone could ever find out who or what you are doing, is if they owned the entrance and exit nodes used...which is virtually impossible. I agree that VPN will raise some red flags. You might get black listed fairly quick. Nothing will come of it though. No black helicopters in the night or anything. You might want to check out www.greatfirewallofchina.org - This allows for testing of chinese proxys against certain websites. Also try Strong VPN for your VPN solution. No it isn't because not every site uses HTTPS. HTTPS Everywhere is great, but it only forces an SSL/TLS connection to sites that offer it, not to every single website. Depending on where the OP is going, it could be an issue. AR15.com for example is an unsecure connection regardless of HTTPS Everywhere being enabled. 
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There is some interesting work being done with disguising Tor traffic as something else, such as Skype traffic, to fool the Chinese firewall. Look into obfsproxy for Tor. It's a bit limited now, and not totally perfect, but it's a good temporary way to defeat systems that block the Tor protocol. The downside is that you're using Tor, so you're still going to have to think about what you're sending past the exit node. Um, what you send past the exit node is encrypted by default with the HTTPS Everywhere default add-on for Tor. I don't know where you are getting that. Tor is perfectly safe to use. The only way anyone could ever find out who or what you are doing, is if they owned the entrance and exit nodes used...which is virtually impossible. I agree that VPN will raise some red flags. You might get black listed fairly quick. Nothing will come of it though. No black helicopters in the night or anything. You might want to check out www.greatfirewallofchina.org - This allows for testing of chinese proxys against certain websites. Also try Strong VPN for your VPN solution. Tor is not secure or anonymous. |
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There is some interesting work being done with disguising Tor traffic as something else, such as Skype traffic, to fool the Chinese firewall. Look into obfsproxy for Tor. It's a bit limited now, and not totally perfect, but it's a good temporary way to defeat systems that block the Tor protocol. The downside is that you're using Tor, so you're still going to have to think about what you're sending past the exit node. Um, what you send past the exit node is encrypted by default with the HTTPS Everywhere default add-on for Tor. I don't know where you are getting that. Tor is perfectly safe to use. The only way anyone could ever find out who or what you are doing, is if they owned the entrance and exit nodes used...which is virtually impossible. I agree that VPN will raise some red flags. You might get black listed fairly quick. Nothing will come of it though. No black helicopters in the night or anything. You might want to check out www.greatfirewallofchina.org - This allows for testing of chinese proxys against certain websites. Also try Strong VPN for your VPN solution. No it isn't because not every site uses HTTPS. HTTPS Everywhere is great, but it only forces an SSL/TLS connection to sites that offer it, not to every single website. Depending on where the OP is going, it could be an issue. AR15.com for example is an unsecure connection regardless of HTTPS Everywhere being enabled. He stated he was going to China. |