On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 1:29 PM, u <u@???> wrote:
> Heya,
>
> (just a footnote.)
>
> flapflap:
>> sam pollina:
>
> [..]
>> o If you happen to be in an environment hostile to Tor (like Iran,
>> China), you should not connect to the Tor network directly (likely,
>> your connection will be logged and blocked). Instead, you should
>> connect to Tor via Bridges:
>
> Last time I tried in one of those countries, I realized that you cannot
> even connect in any other way, as all public Tor nodes are blocked.
> Website-wise torproject.org was blocked too, tails.boum.org was not.
I was in Iran last June, trying to connect to Tor was definitely
blocked, but IIRC I was able to access torproject.org and request
bridge info. Connecting via a bridge worked, albeit very slowly. It's
been a while since I was in China, and I didn't try Tor while there.
--
-Austin
