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I think they could block that Github repository/repositories but not the entire Github. Also I don't want them to DDOS Github and affect other uses. https://ne
by nick32m 9y ago
I think they could block that Github repository/repositories but not the entire Github. Also I don't want them to DDOS Github and affect other uses.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9275041 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9275041
- singularity2001 9y agothey would have to block all the Forks as well
- ashleycole 9y agoThey cannot block a specific repo (although GitHub could make it inaccessible to Chinese users, but I don't think they'd want to censor their platform), which is why China resorted to DDOS. I think it really speaks volumes as to how important GitHub currently is to them.
- marcosdumay 9y agoHTTPS makes it impossible to block only part of the site. At least if they don't push their certs onto the population.