#25137: Tor blocked in UAE ---------------------------------------------+------------------------ Reporter: mwolfe | Owner: dcf Type: task | Status: closed Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Obfuscation/Censorship analysis | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: fixed Keywords: censorship block ae | Actual Points: Parent ID: | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: ---------------------------------------------+------------------------
Comment (by mwolfe): Thanks for the link to gulfnews. I read that article. The new policy is that one must rent Botim from the TRA for $30 a month. My cousin is 93, knows how to use Skype, and does not want to learn Botim. I tried a free VPN, but it didn't work. And, if one uses a credit card for a VPN, the bank will report the credit card charge to the government. Since, many years ago, they blocked Tor for a few days then unblocked it, I tried again with 'My ISP blocks Tor' unchecked. Tor loaded. I tried to view a site. It had a hard time downloading. Speed was limited to 16K. Normally, the site downloads at 400K - 1M. After 5 minutes, it was still loading. I tried trac.torproject.org. Again, it started to load, but after 5 minutes, was still loading with the Tor start page still visible. So I think the block is part of the block of Skype. Tor is (mis)identified as a way to do VOIP and so is choked, not blocked. I could read the New York Times, but today's paper would take until next week to load. One can still type over Skype, but not talk, so the anti-VOIP is based on identifying VOIP and choking the traffic, not blocking it. Fortunately, ofps4, meek, and Snowflake circumvent the choke. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/25137#comment:19> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online
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