How Iran is Blocking the Internet Suggests They Weren’t Prepared for an Election Backlash

Submitted by Captain Charisma on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 16:44.
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An article over at Silicon Angle by our very own Rizzn takes a closer look at Internet Censorship in the aftermath of the Iranian elections.

From the article:
(http://www.siliconangle.com/ver2/?p=5919)

Renesys, an Internet infrastructure research outfit, has released data today that illuminates a bit on how the government of Iran is restricting access to outside websites to their citizenry.

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“It seems like they have a fix that keeps the average Joe from using it,” said Watters. “It wouldn’t, though, stop anyone willing to hack their way around, which tells me they aren’t blocking whole IP domains.”

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