Tag: SNI
  • 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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  • Aug 15, 2018 |
  • Derek Zimmer |
  • Censorship, Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments,

TLS 1.3 is Coming – an Opportunity for Amazon, Google and Microsoft to End Censorship

A new standard for cryptography is on the horizon, called Transport Level Security 1.3 (TLS 1.3). TLS 1.3 is a major update to cryptography, and fundamentally changes how websites and services will handle negotiating and executing encrypted services. Among the big improvements are faster handshakes with websites (meaning faster page load times), new ciphers (new … Continue reading “TLS 1.3 is Coming – an Opportunity for Amazon, Google and Microsoft to End Censorship”

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