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> your government can decide to block unknown protocols Has any government ever done that? Seems like it would just break everything (because the world is full
by rafram 1y ago
> your government can decide to block unknown protocols
Has any government ever done that? Seems like it would just break everything (because the world is full of devices that use custom protocols!) at great computational expense.
- thenthenthen 1y agoChina blocked https last week: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/chinas-great-firewall-blocked-all-traffic-to-a-common-https-port-for-over-an-hour-with-no-hint-as-to-its-intention https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/ch... Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44958621 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44958621
- rafram 1y agoThey blanket blocked connections to port 443 for an hour. There was no protocol sniffing.
- ivanstepanovftw 1y agoRussia tested this in production by blocking Shadowsocks https://habr.com/ru/news/770840/ https://habr.com/ru/news/770840/