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These things are generally about politics rather than "technical considerations" or "reality". People have explained that these things aren't going to work but
by philk 17y ago
These things are generally about politics rather than "technical considerations" or "reality". People have explained that these things aren't going to work but it doesn't seem to slow politicians down if they think there's a vote in it.
To have any effect, SSH tunneling needs to be explained to, and understood by, the population at large.
- simonw 17y agoI agree there's no way the general population would ever understand SSH tunnelling (they have enough problem understanding URLs) but it isn't inconceivable that a desire to avoid these filters could lead to successful mainstream software workarounds. "New in Firefox 3.8: the 'skip government filters' button"