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I think China has demonstrated that countries are willing to do that.
by troquerre 7y ago
I think China has demonstrated that countries are willing to do that.
- Mirioron 7y agoChina is a special case though. They're large enough to populate their own internet with things. Most countries aren't that large.
- wwn_se 7y agoIf the ISP (or Nation) is willing to block google or cloudflare IP-ranges then you will have to be a moving target. Using tor and similar. For normal shitty ISPs thats not an option
- troquerre 7y agoCloudflare and Google's dns resolvers got a lot of adoption bc they provided a way for normal people to get around censorship, but they're inherently censorable bc they're run by centralized companies. There are new initiatives aiming to create a distributed dns layer which are promising like https://handshake.org https://handshake.org.
- paraselene_ 7y agoAnd the distributed DNS layer will get censored soon enough if it gets traction. If you need proof, look at how TOR is doing in china.
- troquerre 7y agoSecurity is not binary, it's a spectrum based on cost. It's the same for censorship-resistance. If Handshake increases the cost of internet censorship for every country in the world, then it will have succeeded even if it's still possible for countries like China to censor it.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 7y agoChina was a special case. There are smaller countries seeking to do the exact same thing now. Russia, for example.
- 6510 7y agoBuilding your own infrastructure seems viable even for small countries.