#25804: Domain fronting to App Engine stopped working -----------------------------------+------------------------ Reporter: dcf | Owner: (none) Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Obfuscation/Snowflake | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: moat | Actual Points: Parent ID: | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: -----------------------------------+------------------------
Comment (by cypherpunks): Replying to [comment:24 cypherpunks]: > Replying to [comment:23 cypherpunks]: > > [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16869269 Rumors]: > > > Hey, everyone. We spent a decent amount of time at Signal trying to come up with alternatives when we first heard rumors that Google was disabling domain fronting on GAE. > Wow, maybe sometime in the future will start learning about Google deprecating this or that from SecureDrop leakers at the nytimes/bezos post. Truly epic that they didn't even bother to put a notice or something, not even a two line blog post. Maybe people should no longer base things off anything Google related, and maybe RMS was right. This is no longer accurate, Moxie did receive a 30 day notice and the reason isn't related to Telegram but following lobbying efforts to not block requests from the fine people in Iran, > In early 2018, a number of policy organizations increased pressure on Google to change their position on how they were interpreting US sanction law so that domain fronting would be possible from Iran. Sadly, these lobbying efforts seem to have had the opposite effect. When Google’s leadership became more aware of domain fronting, it generated internal conversations about whether they wanted to put themselves in the situation of providing cover for sites that entire countries wished to block. > > A month later, we received 30-day advance notice from Google that they would be making internal changes to stop domain fronting from working entirely. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/25804#comment:32> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online
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