Re: [liberationtech] Censorship circumvention and ticket inspectors

2013-06-24 Thread Nathan of Guardian
On 06/22/2013 08:40 AM, Walid AL-SAQAF wrote: I have been asked to explain how four mechanisms of censorship circumvention work using some sort of analogy that any layman could understand. I proposed the analogy of surfing the Internet as traveling and firewalls as ticket inspectors checking

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship circumvention and ticket inspectors

2013-06-22 Thread Michael Dahan
Walid, I like this a lot and would like to use as an example for my students. Perhaps using the Gaza Strip as a more concrete metaphor for some of the ideas would be helpful... Certainly re SSH tunnels. Michael On Jun 22, 2013 3:41 PM, Walid AL-SAQAF ad...@alkasir.com wrote: Dear friends, I

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship circumvention and ticket inspectors

2013-06-22 Thread Walid AL-SAQAF
Thanks Michael for what I preceive as an endorsement of this analogy. I would love to know your students' reactions. Feel free to point any issues that could be problematic with thid annalogy or how it could improve. I look forward to others to comments as well. Best. Walid On Jun 22, 2013 2:54

[liberationtech] Censorship circumvention and ticket inspectors

2013-06-19 Thread Walid AL-SAQAF
Dear friends, I have been asked to explain how four mechanisms of censorship circumvention work using some sort of analogy that any layman could understand. I proposed the analogy of surfing the Internet as traveling and firewalls as ticket inspectors checking where you are going as described