[IP] Internet routing around post-election Iranian government blocking

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Lauren Weinstein <privacy@vortex.com>
Date: June 14, 2009 7:24:40 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Internet routing around post-election Iranian government  
blocking


Dave, as you no doubt are aware, demonstrations in Iran are flaring in
the wake of what is widely suspected to be major election fraud.

One of the first steps of the Iranian government during and after
the election was to restrict mobile (cell calls, texting) and
Internet access.

In response to this, new open proxies are appearing around the Net for
Iranian protesters to use, e.g.:

69.92.182.124:2100

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
  - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
  - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition
  for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein




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