[dns-operations] Google DNS in mainland .cn

Arjen Zonneveld arjen at us.ntt.net
Mon Jan 23 14:32:47 UTC 2017



On 22 Jan 2017, at 7:30, Shane Kerr wrote:

> Using a VPN can circumvent all of this, and the GFW doesn't seem to
> block VPN packets going to arbitrary IP addresses. At least, I am able
> to run a VPN on a VPS that I have and it works, whereas commercial VPN
> are often blocked. However, since the GFW also seems to drop anywhere
> from 5% to 60% of packets depending on the network weather, using a 
> VPN
> for all Internet access sucks. (Plus in some cases routing is 
> broken...
> my traffic to many sites in Europe goes through the US, basically
> taking 2x as long as it needs to.)
You think this might become harder soon? 
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2064587/chinas-move-clean-vpns-and-strengthen-great-firewall 
hit the news today.

Arjen




More information about the dns-operations mailing list