Comments on: The Great Firewall of N. America? http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/general/the-great-firewall-of-n-america/ No-nonsense China Expat & Travel Community Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:53:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: High http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/general/the-great-firewall-of-n-america/#comment-8971 High Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:31:49 +0000 http://www.lostlaowai.com/commentary/blog/2008/02/15/the-great-firewall-of-n-america/#comment-8971 Baidu is blocking mp3 search in Korea, too. It was not doing it a couple of months ago when I first tried the service. What a pity! Baidu is blocking mp3 search in Korea, too.
It was not doing it a couple of months ago when I first tried the service.
What a pity!

]]> By: Matthew Stinson http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/general/the-great-firewall-of-n-america/#comment-8839 Matthew Stinson Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:20:42 +0000 http://www.lostlaowai.com/commentary/blog/2008/02/15/the-great-firewall-of-n-america/#comment-8839 I think this has a lot to do with Baidu's desire for American investors -- it's a CYA move. I think this has a lot to do with Baidu’s desire for American investors — it’s a CYA move.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/general/the-great-firewall-of-n-america/#comment-8809 Ryan Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:44:57 +0000 http://www.lostlaowai.com/commentary/blog/2008/02/15/the-great-firewall-of-n-america/#comment-8809 Ah, jail time... tempting, but I suppose not really worth a few free MP3s :-) Ah, jail time… tempting, but I suppose not really worth a few free MP3s :-)

]]> By: Travis http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/general/the-great-firewall-of-n-america/#comment-8801 Travis Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:44:19 +0000 http://www.lostlaowai.com/commentary/blog/2008/02/15/the-great-firewall-of-n-america/#comment-8801 Ryan, This isn't a free route but there are some paid VPN services that use encrypted tunnels to pass traffic. The only question is whether or not the Swiss are also being blocked. http://www.swissvpn.net/ You can also look to leverage Tor but you run the risk of allowing stuff to pass through your network that will get you put in jail (both in China and the US). Ryan,

This isn’t a free route but there are some paid VPN services that use encrypted tunnels to pass traffic. The only question is whether or not the Swiss are also being blocked.

http://www.swissvpn.net/

You can also look to leverage Tor but you run the risk of allowing stuff to pass through your network that will get you put in jail (both in China and the US).

]]> By: Alec http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/general/the-great-firewall-of-n-america/#comment-8785 Alec Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:40:35 +0000 http://www.lostlaowai.com/commentary/blog/2008/02/15/the-great-firewall-of-n-america/#comment-8785 I just tried the same search here in Japan (Tokyo) and got quite a few results. No problems from Japan! I just tried the same search here in Japan (Tokyo) and got quite a few results. No problems from Japan!

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