Iran Blocks VPN Ports 134
First time accepted submitter Parham90 writes "After the Iranian post-election events that led to massive riots and break-outs through the world, the Iranian government started blocking all social websites, including Facebook, Youtube, Orkut, MySpace and Twitter. The Iranians, however, started using VPN (virtual private network) connections to bypass censorship. Since Thursday, September 30, 2011, all VPN ports have however been blocked, in the first attempt to start what the Iranian government calls the 'National Internet.'"
Re:It's time to invade. (Score:4, Insightful)
The problem is its actually the minority that wants freedom. Seriously.
Iran's rural population is huge, and its made up of what basically amount to Muslim rednecks. They're the morons who keep assholes in power, and they probably all support this idea.
Re:All 65k+ of them? (Score:3, Insightful)
You don't just need to circumvent the block. You need to circumvent a block in a way that the authorities can't detect.
Re:It's somehow done (Score:3, Insightful)
Definition of "freedom" (Score:3, Insightful)
To many, it means the freedom to worship Allah without being offended by anybody.
For example, that Mohammed cartoon violated their freedom. Seeking to have it suppressed did not violate the author's freedom, since freedom of speech is defined within the framework of what is acceptable to Allah.
Re:It's somehow done (Score:2, Insightful)
More power to the people of Iran. You make the Internets proud.
But, still, please be careful.
Re:It's time to invade. (Score:3, Insightful)