Tag: esni
  • Sep 22, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Censorship, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments,

Russia wants to outlaw TLS 1.3, ESNI, DNS over HTTPS, and DNS over TLS

The Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media has released a draft law which outlines plans to outlaw TLS 1.3, ESNI, DNS over HTTPS, and DNS over TLS. The draft law (text in Russian) “bans the use of encryption protocols allowing for hiding the name (identifier) of a web page or Internet site … Continue reading “Russia wants to outlaw TLS 1.3, ESNI, DNS over HTTPS, and DNS over TLS”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: August 14, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of August 14th, 2020 Chinese gamers will need to verify their real names on all games by September The Chinese government is rolling out a real name authentication and verification system to all online games in the country by the end of the month. Some of these verification systems … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: August 14, 2020”

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  • Aug 10, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Censorship, Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

China expands Great Firewall to block HTTPS traffic that uses TLS 1.3 and ESNI

The Great Firewall of China is getting longer. Chinese censors upgraded the GFW to be able to block HTTPS traffic that uses TLS 1.3 and ESNI. We know about this news thanks to a joint report by three long-time observers of the Chinese censorship machine: iYouPort, the Great Firewall Report, and the University of Maryland. … Continue reading “China expands Great Firewall to block HTTPS traffic that uses TLS 1.3 and ESNI”

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  • Feb 19, 2019 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments,

South Korea expands internet censorship to HTTPS with first countrywide use of SNI filtering

Previously, the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC) used Domain name System (DNS) filtering to ferret out which domains users were trying to visit, compare them to the blacklist, and redirect them to the warning site if needed. This basic DNS filtering was defeatable by using a different DNS server or visiting the HTTPS versions of … Continue reading “South Korea expands internet censorship to HTTPS with first countrywide use of SNI filtering”

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